1. The End of the American Revolution

2. Southern Battles Kings Mountain October 7, 1780 British casualties – 1120 Cowpens January 17, 1781 British casualties – 1170 Guilford Courthouse March 15, 1781 British casualties – 540

3. On to Virginia Lord Cornwallis leaves the Carolinas after losing nearly 3,000 men Cornwallis saw Virginia easier to conquer than the Carolinas

4. Pursuit The Marquis de Lafayette pursues Cornwallis in Virginia forcing him to the Yorktown Peninsula

5. Washington and Rochambeau Washington and Rochambeau combine and get to the Yorktown Peninsula by the Chesapeake Bay

6. Admiral de Grasse and the French Navy De Grasse defeats the British Navy at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and then establishes a blockade around Yorktown

7. Siege of Yorktown The Americans and French surrounded Cornwallis and more than 9,000 British and Hessian troops from September 28 to October 19, 1781

8. Surrender Cornwallis refuses to surrender to Washington British Brigadier General Charles O’Hara who starts a big controversy

9. Treaty of Paris 1783 September 3, 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed Recognizing the United States to be free sovereign and independent states Establishing the borders between the United States and British Territory