Editing American Revolution (section)

====Surrender at Yorktown (1781)====
{{Main|Siege of Yorktown}}
[[File:John_Trumbull_-_The_Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis_at_Yorktown,_October_19,_1781_-_1832.4_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg|thumb|The 1781 [[siege of Yorktown]] ended with the surrender of a second British army, marking effective British defeat.]]
The British army under Cornwallis marched to [[Yorktown, Virginia]], where they expected to be rescued by a British fleet.<ref>Brendan Morrissey, ''Yorktown 1781: The World Turned Upside Down'' (1997)</ref> The fleet did arrive, but so did a larger French fleet. The French were victorious in the [[Battle of the Chesapeake]], and the British fleet returned to New York for reinforcements, leaving Cornwallis trapped. In October 1781, the British surrendered their second invading army of the war under a siege by the combined French and Continental armies commanded by Washington.<ref>Harvey pp. 493–515</ref>