Which battle is associated with the decisive victory that effectively ended the Revolutionary War?

Which battle is associated with the decisive victory that effectively ended the Revolutionary War?

• A. Yorktown
• B. Saratoga
• C. Lexington and Concord
• D. Bunker Hill

Answer: (A)

Yorktown shows the end of the war because a formal surrender and the subsequent peace negotiations closed the fighting. In 1781, American forces under George Washington, supported by a strong French alliance and a naval blockade, cornered British General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. When Cornwallis surrendered, Britain lost the will and ability to continue costly warfare in America, which quickly led to the negotiating table and the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Saratoga mattered because it brought formal French support and helped shift the balance of power, but it did not conclude the conflict by itself. Lexington and Concord were the opening battles that started the war, and Bunker Hill was an early, costly demonstration of American resolve.

Yorktown shows the end of the war because a formal surrender and the subsequent peace negotiations closed the fighting. In 1781, American forces under George Washington, supported by a strong French alliance and a naval blockade, cornered British General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. When Cornwallis surrendered, Britain lost the will and ability to continue costly warfare in America, which quickly led to the negotiating table and the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

Saratoga mattered because it brought formal French support and helped shift the balance of power, but it did not conclude the conflict by itself. Lexington and Concord were the opening battles that started the war, and Bunker Hill was an early, costly demonstration of American resolve.