After six years of fighting the Americans, British army leaders devised a plan to defeat the Continental Army for good. They would attack the southern colonies, and then move north to further victories. After some quick successes, the British army set up near the city of Yorktown, VA, to rest and wait for still more troops to join them. But the British were in for a surprise. Find out how George Washington and his American troops won the final crucial battle of the Revolutionary War.
