Cornwallis Surrenders

To refresh your memory, Cornwallis was the leader of the British Army. So, during late summer of 1781, Washington moved most of his troops to the south with the purpose of trapping Cornwallis army at York Townm Virginia. For the plan to work, timing had to be perfect. Washington needed the French fleet to arrive at the right moment to stop the British from escaping by sea, an fortunetely, they did! They trapped the British navy and made the patriots very lucky. Since poor Cornwallis was trapped by land and by sea, he couldn't really do much about it, and had to surrender in october 19, 1781. The French, of course, helped too much. Their army was even bigger than Washington's army.

CORNWALLIS SURRENDER

However, the battle of York Town was not a single battle, but many confrontations. In July 1781, the British troops under General Cornwallis marched into York Town, expecting reinforcements to come from New York. General Lafayette's Army trapped the British in the peninsula, until French and American troops arrived in late august. The french fleet prevented reinforcents to reach Cornwallis. The purpose of it all was to maje Cornwallis surrender so that the war would finally end.

The loss of 80,000 soldiers of the Seven Years War was very bad. People back in England were suffering because they were loosing the people they loved, and were also being heavily taxed. In early 1782, a new administration came. One of the members of this new administration was Benjamin Franklin. They all negotitated "The Treaty of Paris", which recognized american independence in september of 1783. The French wanted to control the peace making situation of the Americans and Birtihs, but since the americans made a treaty with the british, the relation between french and americans got weakened. 

Pretty harsh, French wanted to control the americans!