Question

Why was America’s victory at Yorktown among the most significant battles of the American Revolution?

Answer 1

Yorktown was a major American victory, with two American armies pursuing the British Army to a small peninsula. The British believed that they would be resupplied and reinforced by sea, but the French Navy arrived in support of the small American Navy and prevented arrival of British ships. The large British force sued for peace and the King was finally convinced by his advisors and Parliament that the costly war must be ended. In simpler terms, Yorktown is where America became free of foreign rule.