in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War |
a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution | one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Jamestown or Williamsburg |
| a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range |