In October 1781, the war virtually came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent
The American revolutionary war was fought between the American colonists and the British. The British fought to keep their colonies to help them thrive especially after debt from the French and Indian war. The Americans fought for their freedom and their independence.
In the end, General Charles Cornwallis from Britain surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, which meant that the Americans won the war. As a result, the United States of America gained complete independence from Britain.
