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Declaration Of Independence
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battle of long island
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Battle Of Saratoga
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Winter At Valley Forge
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cornwallis surrenders
"Cornwallis" redirects here. For other uses, see Cornwallis (disambiguation).
For other people named Charles Cornwallis, see Charles Cornwallis (disambiguation).
His Excellency The Most Honourable General
The Marquess Cornwallis
KG Portrait by John Singleton Copley, circa 1795
Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
In office
12 September 1786 – 28 October 1793
Monarch George III
Preceded by Sir John Macpherson, Bt
As Acting Governor-General
Succeeded by Sir John Shore
In office
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siege of yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, German Battle or Surrender at Yorktown, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionar