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1781

The Battle of Cowpens on January 17), in northern South Carolina, is a huge American victory. After an exhausting pursuit across North Caro- lina, a British army under Lord Cornwallis engages the American army at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15. The British claim vic- tory, but suffer a casualty rate of 25 percent. In September, the Battle of the Capes prevents the British from reinforcing or evacuating Corn- wallis’s army at Yorktown, Virginia. American and French forces begin a siege of Yorktown. On October 19, Cornwallis surrenders his army of more than 7,000 men. The Treaty of Paris is signed on September 3, officially ending the Revo- lutionary War. The British acknowledge the independence of the United States

1783