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battle of yorktown
Title: battle of yorktown
Category: History
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battle of yorktown
Revolutionary War: Battle of Yorktown
After many years of fighting and battles, the final battle, the Battle of Yorktown was the climax of the Revolutionary War. In 1781, the leader of the British troops, General Cornwallis, marched his troops to Yorktown, Virginia where the battle took place between York and James River. That mistake caused him his defeat of war. From the north the leader of the American troops, George Washington, once saw an opportunity to …showed first 75 words of 229 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 229 total…battles of the Revolutionary War, was for the independence from British control. Before the war, United States was referred to as
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The Battle of Yorktown resulted in the thirteen colonies emerging into the United States of America. After this battle the Treaty of Paris of 1783 was signed, which established the independence of the United States. The Yorktown Battle was the last battle except for a few minor ones in the South.
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