Which loss contributed to the British decision to fall back to Yorktown?• Battle of Bunker Hill• Battle of Cowpens

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• Battle of Saratoga• Battle of Trenton

Answer 1

The loss that significantly contributed to the British decision to fall back to Yorktown was the Battle of Cowpens. Fought on January 17, 1781, this battle was a decisive victory for the American forces under General Daniel Morgan against the British led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The American victory at Cowpens, along with other military pressures and strategic challenges, led the British forces, commanded by General Cornwallis, to retreat to Yorktown, Virginia, where they ultimately faced a combined Franco-American siege that resulted in their surrender in October 1781.