The Siege of Yorktown (September 28 to October 19, 1781) was the decisive engagement of the American Revolutionary War. A combined American and French force under George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau, supported by the Comte de Grasse's fleet, trapped a British army under Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown and Gloucester, Virginia. The surrender of more than 7,000 British soldiers led directly to peace negotiations.
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LocationYorktown and Gloucester, Virginia 1 OutcomeDecisive Franco-American victory. Cornwallis surrendered more than 7,000 British soldiers, and negotiations that produced the 1783 Treaty of Paris began soon after. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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