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What was the importance of the battle of yorktown?

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The continental army,led by the marquis de Lafayette and Georgia Washington,won a decisive victory against the British army,led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis .
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It was the last major battle in the Revolutionary War and was a decisive victory for the US. 
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