why was the Yorktown battle a turning point?

Question

why was the battle of yorktown a turning point ? please tell me!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Wikipedia:

It was not clear at the time that Yorktown was the climax of the war, since the British still occupied key ports such as New York City and Charleston, South Carolina. Sporadic fighting continued after the Yorktown surrender, and Washington believed the war might drag on for another year.

However, British Prime Minister Lord North resigned after receiving news of the surrender at Yorktown. His successors decided that it was no longer in Britain's best interest to continue the war, and negotiations were undertaken. The British signed the Treaty of Paris in September 1783 recognizing the United States and promising to remove all British troops from the country.

Answer 2

The surrender of British Lord General Cornwallis to General Washington on October 19, 1781 at which time 7,000 British troops surrendered to the American forces. While 7,000 troops may not sound like many in today's world, in 1781 they accounted for 25% of all British troops in the American colonies.

The surrender of Cornwallis led to the Britain's final negotiations that ended the Revolutionary War and thus the establishment of the USA. France was the first nation to recognize the USA as a sovereign nation soon after the end of the war providing our new country international recognition and status as a sovereign country.

Answer 3

It is considered the final battle in the American Revolution and at which the British surrendered and left the now free and independent American colonies, soon to be the United States of America.

Answer 4

From what I remember it was a naval victory, that gave the colonists control of the harbors, to block enemy ships and reinforcements.