The siege of Yorktown was the final major action of the American Revolution, and was finalized by the surrender of British troops on October 19, 1781. During the fighting American and French land forces under General George Washington collaborated with a French fleet commanded by Admiral Francois Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse, surrounded the British, who were under the command Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis (second in command of the British forces in North America). The siege lasted 20 days. Cornwallis’s surrender resulted in the resignation of the British prime minister Lord Frederick North, and brought to power more “conciliatory leaders”. Following Britain’s' defeat the terms of the Treaty of Paris were made, and the document was signed on September 3, 1783, which officially ended the war.

The battle of Lexington marked the beginning of the fighting in the Revolutionary War. It took place on April 19, 1775, and was fought between roughly 70 colonial minutemen commanded by Captain John Parker, and about 700 British soldiers. Thee British were marching onto Concord, Massachusetts, under the command of Lieutenant Col

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