Which battle ended major fighting in the American Revolutionary War with a British surrender?

The Siege of Yorktown ended major fighting in the American Revolutionary War with a British surrender.

American and French forces surrounded the British army at Yorktown, Virginia, in September and October 1781. George Washington commanded the combined American and French land forces, while the French navy helped prevent British relief or evacuation by sea.

British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. The capitulation involved roughly 8,000 British troops and their German auxiliaries. The victory did not immediately create a peace treaty, and fighting continued in other places, but Britain’s political will to continue the war in North America collapsed.

Yorktown was possible because of military cooperation between the United States and France. The French fleet’s victory or strategic advantage in the Chesapeake was especially important because it trapped Cornwallis. The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, formally recognized American independence and ended the war.