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Answer: D
Explanation: On 17 October 1781 British General Lord Cornwallis’ army officially surrendered to a Franco-American army at Yorktown. After years of war and changing fortunes the capitulation of the British marked a decisive turning point, and Yorktown was to be the last major battle of the American War of Independence.
The fate of the war hangs in the balance
The war had started in 1776, yet at the start of 1781 there was still no sign of a clear winner. In fact, earlier in the year the British had won two crushing victories at Charleston and Camden, capturing thousands of revolutionary troops in the process. In the north opposing generals George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton watched each other uneasily around the British-held city of New York.
Though the French and Spanish were on the American side, their conflicting war aims made co-operation difficult and so far joint Franco-American operations had been decidedly unsuccessful. After five years of war, public support for it in the Thirteen Colonies was beginning to wane. A decisive victory was badly needed if the rebels were going to end the war in their favour.