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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alliedWith
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about 17,000
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown_surrender
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gptkbp:BritishForces
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about 8,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:France
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
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gptkbp:date
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October 19, 1781
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gptkbp:eventType
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military surrender
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:British_evacuation_of_New_York
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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surrender at Yorktown
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
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gptkbp:notableParticipant
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gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkb:Benjamin_Lincoln
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
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gptkbp:relatedWork
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Painting: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull
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gptkbp:result
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British surrender
Decisive Franco-American victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Effectively ended major fighting in the American Revolution
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gptkbp:symbolizes
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Marked the beginning of American independence
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gptkbp:treaty
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gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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