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The British were forced to surrender 2 days after patriot soldiers captured the fort at Yorktown in 1781.

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On October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.

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