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title: "In what decisive battle did George Washington triumph over British General Cornwallis, effectively ending the Revolutionary War and winning the United States independence from Britain?"  
description: "In what decisive battle did George Washington triumph over British General Cornwallis, effectively ending the Revolutionary War and winning the United States independence from Britain?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-02-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34812/in-what-decisive-battle-did-george-washington-triumph-over-british-general-cornwallis-effectively-ending-the-revolutionary-war-and-winning-the-united-states-independence-from-britain  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["united states independence"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# In what decisive battle did George Washington triumph over British General Cornwallis, effectively ending the Revolutionary War and winning the United States independence from Britain?

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