Revolutionary War. The combined forces of George Washington,

Admiral de Grasse, General Rochambeau, and

General Lafayette were enough to converge on the largest

concentration of British forces, overtake them and force a surrender.

With planning, skill, and courage, the army was able to defeat the

Generals Rochambeau and Washington met in 1781 to determine the next move. Washington was firmly for going to New York and attacking the British there, but due to the pleading and persuasiveness of Rochambeau it was decided that they would attack the South, where there was one of the largest concentrations of British troops in North America. A message from Lafayette arrived to General Washington stating that Cornwallis had taken up a defensive position at Yorktown, in Virginia. Cornwallis was stationed next to the York River, a

Immediately following the Battle of Yorktown, Lord North, the British P.M., resigned from his position. His successors decided that it was no longer in Britain's best interest to continue the war. They immediately drafted and proposed the Treaty of Paris, which the Americans accepted. Just over 8 years after the drafting of the Declaration of Independence America was a fully independent nation.

The French and Americans approached Yorktown form the South. The French forces on the left, under the command of Rochambeau, and the Americans on the right under the command of Washington converged upon Cornwallis. Soon the British were surrounded by heavy fire. Eventually Franco-American Forces captured two British redoubts, both major and crucial for the British. Soon even more fire came from the Americans as they took out British Soldier after soldier. Cornwallis's options were starting to run out. He even

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