at Yorktown, General Cornwallis was unable to retreat because Washington's Army surrounded him on land, and the French fleet of ships surrounded him on sea, so General Cornwallis surrendered and the colonies won the Revolutionary War.
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During the American Civil War, it was the South that eventually surrendered, thereby bringing the four-year-long conflict to an end. More particularly, General Robert E. Lee, acknowledging defeat at the hands of his nemesis, General Ulysses S. Grant, surrendered not only his troops but also the South as a whole, in recognition of the dominating position which the Union had achieved in the Spring of 1865.
They surrendered at Yorktown where the Patriots surrounded the british by land while the French navy blockaded the British from retreating to their strong hold at New York City.
The final surrender at Yorktown was done between General George Washington of the colonies and General Charles Cornwallis of the British.
Henry Hamilton commanded Detroit, the main British base in the west.Also Ethan Allen and the green mountain boys set out to take the Brittish Fort "Ticonderoga."
If you mean what battle ended the war, the traditional ending to the war was the Surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
In April 9, 1865, the American Civil War was virtually ended by Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
surrender at Appomattox ended the civil war
The revolution started in 1789 and ended in 1799, thus it occurred in the 18th century.