The way I see it the Americans won the Revolution and the British lost a colonial war for independence. At the beginning of the war, there was not a regular American army like we have today, just a militia made up of civilians, most of which were farmers. So naturally, they were not used to the long battles with the British Regulars. As a result thousands quit. What signaled the beginning of the American Revolution …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…were on their way to Yorktown. Their commander was Admiral Francois Comte de Grasse. De Grasse met some of the British ships that Cornwallis had been expecting, and defeated them. He knew he had no chance to win without more troops so he surrendered to George Washington on October 17, 1781. So in this way the answer to the questions would be yes. The Americans won the revolution and the British lost a colonial war for independence.