General George Washington led the Americans to victory with the help of the French Army and Navy. After eleven days, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered; it was a hard blow for the British War. The significance of the Battle of Yorktown was it had the British thinking they might lose the war and was the colonies worth the cost of war. The British government started considering a peace treaty with the Americans. (word count 89)
19. Treaty of Paris 1783 and its terms…
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