One reason the British were winning the war was that they were fighting on their own land.

The French, Dutch, and Spanish all sided with the Americans and became allies.

Who helped the British gain control of Georgia and South Carolina?

African Americans fought only for the British.

Who was General Cornwallis?

A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 out of four sides.

At Yorktown, the British were trapped and the army fought back but did not surrender.

In 1782, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay met with British officials in Paris to negotiate, or reach an agreement on, a peace treaty.

The following year Great Britain and the United States signed what document?

The Treaty of Paris officially ended the war but Great Britain did not recognize American independence.