It ended with Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
Concerns about getting paid for fighting in this war led to the formation of the Newburgh Conspiracy. After the Battle of Waxhaws in this war, surrendering troops were massacred by Banastre ("banister") Tarleton. Foreign aid in this war came from Hessian mercenaries and the Comte de Rochambeau (raw-shahn-BOH). It ended with Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown. For 10 points, name this 1775-1783 war in which thirteen colonies broke away from Great Britain.
Concerns about getting paid for fighting in this war led to the formation of the Newburgh Conspiracy.
American {Revolutionary} War [or American {Revolutionary} War; or American War of