Which campaign culminated in the surrender of British forces at the end of the Revolutionary War?

• A. Yorktown Campaign
• B. Battle of Monmouth
• C. Battle of Camden
• D. Battle of Kings Mountain

Answer: (A)

The decisive factor is how the Yorktown Campaign brought the war to a close. Washington, allied with French forces, trapped Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and a joint land siege by American and French troops together with a naval blockade prevented any relief or escape. After weeks of bombardment and dwindling supplies, Cornwallis surrendered his forces in October 1781. That surrender effectively ended major fighting in the Revolutionary War and paved the way for peace negotiations that led to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. While the other battles were important in their own contexts—the Battle of Monmouth showing American resilience, and Camden and Kings Mountain shaping the southern campaign—they did not culminate in the decisive end that Yorktown did.