Hello family and friends! The war is finally over! We won! The Patriots beat almighty Britain! I can’t begin to describe how filled I am with happiness after realizing that we won this revolution, and more importantly, we are free! There were many events leading up to the final battle of Yorktown, which ended the war. From my perspective I am sure the battles looked much different to me than to you.
The downfall of the British began after the Patriots won the battle of Saratoga on September 19th, 1777 when we captured 390 British and killed 140. This gave us a sense of hope that we could win this war. When General Cornwallis’s plan was overhead and told to Washington we foiled his plan and defeated him and stopped him from destroying Virginia and starting to overrun the Colonies. Then came the final defeat, the battle of Yorktown. During the battle of Yorktown the British decided to enter Yorktown and wait to fight the colonists. George Washington brought the Continental army and the French army and placed the town under siege. When this happened, Britain sent the Royal Navy to help the army yet they were intercepted by the French Caribbean squadron and they fought out at sea until the British Navy was defeated. Since they had no extra troops they were defeated and the colonists won the battle with a British death toll of 309 and a capture count of 8007 British soldiers.