The Battle of Yorktown marked the end of the Revolution. British General Cornwallis had violated an order from British Parliament by marching into Yorktown, Virginia and making it his base of operations. Britain had ordered him to attack the Maryland-Delaware peninsula and Philadelphia. Cornwallis' troops were pinned between the French navy and Washington's soldiers. He was forced to surrender, giving the American's their independence from England. The war concluded when the Treaty of Paris was signed, ceasing the war and giving America freedom from England.
