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American and French forces defeated a major British army at Yorktown, effectively ending large-scale fighting in the Revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
1781 Revolutionary War
American and French forces defeated a major British army at Yorktown, effectively ending large-scale fighting in the Revolution.
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