Battle of Yorktown?

Question

Which of the following factors contributed significantly to the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown in 1781?

A.Arrival of Admiral Rochambeau's fleet in Chesapeake Bay

B.Americans' capture and hanging of the traitor Benedict Arnold, who had been leading British troops in harassing Washington's army

C.Washington's audacious strategy of feigning an attack on British-occupied New York City while secretly dispatching a French army from Rhode Island to Virginia


I got this question wrong on my quiz and was wondering the correct answer

Answer 1

it is definitely not b because Benedict Arnold died in London in 1801

It was not a because the fleet had been in the bay for some time and the British were not phased

It is c because Washington felt he had to divert some British troops away from helping Cornwallis despite the French help for us to decisively win the battle.

Answer 2

He was on a peninsula with his army. Washington and the Continental Army had the peninsula cutoff by land. The French Navy arrived and blocked any hope of escape by sea. Personally, I'd say the Battle of the Cowpens was the turning point. The British were whipped at The Cowpens and that caused them to totally abandon fighting in the southern colonies. With the British out of the southern colonies the Continental Army and Continental Congress were able to focus all their efforts on the northern colonies.

Answer 3

c