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=The War Gazette=

A Comeback
Americans are getting tired of obeying the English Parliament. They're thinking of themselves more American than English. Our army needs more money and soldiers to fight the British. After we defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga, the French aided us by sending money and soldiers to help us fight. media type="custom" key="9288000"

The Raging War...
In the fall of 1778, General Charles Cornwallis took over the city of Savannah, Georgia. Two years later, in the spring British General Cornwallis also attacked Charleston, South Carolina. In the meantime, Major Patrick Ferguson decided to attack the Americans in the southern wilderness. Then on October 7, the Americans surprised Ferguson at King's Mountain. The Americans killed Ferguson and most of his men. American General Daniel Morgan led an attack against the British, and they won against the British. Admiral de Grasse sailed into Virginia's Chesapeake Bay with 29 French warships, and they attacked the British and damaged some British ships. media type="custom" key="9288078"

Surrender
The Americans and the French marched from Rhode Island to Yorktown Virginia. General Washington and French General Rochambeau planned to siege against the British, they would dig deep trenches. General Washington clearly hand an advantage. He and his French allies controlled all routes into Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis did not have enough supplies or enough men to fight the Americans, so General Cornwallis asked the Americans for a truce. media type="custom" key="9288022"

Freedom!!!
On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis agreed to surrender his army of 7,157 men to American General George Washington. Cornwallis did not show up. Another British general Charles O'Hara surrendered instead. On April 15, 1783, the American colonists and the British signed a peace treaty called the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris has given us all the land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River, north from Canada to the south. media type="custom" key="9288108"