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oct 19 Learn More The American Revolution Ends
General Charles Cornwallis—er, excuse us, His Excellency the Most Honourable General the Marquess Cornwallis—surrendered at Yorktown on this day in 1781. It effectively ended the Revolutionary War in America, although a few more battles raged on at sea before a peace treaty was signed. Cornwallis didn't show up for the formal surrender ceremony, though. He said he was sick. Sure, buddy.
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