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media type="custom" key="9233576"The Yorktown Press American colonists want freedom from British rule. King George III wanted to rule the Americans. It was like a deal if the Americans won they would get freedom. If the British won they would get to rule the Americans. France helps American colonists fight British. The colonists asked the French to help but they were afraid to fight the British since they lost the French and Indian war. On October 17,1777 the Americans won the Battle of Saratoga that changed the Frenches mind of not helping the Americans. In 1778 General Cornwallis took control of Savannah Georgia in 1780 he attacked Charleston, South Carolina. July ,1780 General Horatio Gates marched 4,000 colonists soldiers against 2,300 British soldiers. British beat the Americans again. Francis Marion was on leader of the American troops in the South. 1780 a British major named Patric Ferguson attacked the Americans surprised the British at Kings Mountian and beat the British. American General Daniel Morgan attacked the British in South Carolina. When the battle ended Cornwallis lost 532 soldiers. media type="custom" key="9233524"