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The End of the American Revolution
France's Admiral de Grasse arrived in time to block a British fleet that was coming to rescue Lord Cornwallis from French and American land forces. On September 5, 1781, de Grasses's fleet moved out of Chesapeake Bay to face the attacking British ships. Realizing that the French blockade could not be broken, the British fleet sailed back to New York leaving Cornwallis' army with no choice but to surrender.
After the British surrendered, Cornwallis was so embarrassed that he sent his second in command, so Washington had to also send his second in command.
During the 20-day seige, 16,000 French and American soldiers closed in on the 8000-man British force. The redcoats surrendered on October 19, 1781.
The Treaty of Paris
Marquis de Lafayette told the Americans to come help France some time. During the French Revolution, when he was going to be guillotined, the Americans went over and tried to persuade the French to not kill him. He had already been killed, but the French spared his wife.
Also, when the Americans arrived in France in WW I,
General Pershing said,
Problems and War in Colonial America
The American Revolution
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