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Where did british general cornwallis surrender to american forces, leading to the end of the american revolutionary war?

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Yorktown, Virginia Is where the British surrendered to the American forces

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British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close.
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