-sorry to interupt but i have some pointless information-
In the battle of Yorktown, the british had eight thousand troops and the Americans had eight thousand five hundred troops. the americans got help from the french, who blockaded the ports from british naval forces and supplied an extra eight thousand troops.
afterwards, the british were forced to march out of yorktown while followed by people playing a song. cornwallis did not attend because he said he was ill but he really just was too humiliated to do that.-"i have been beaten by an unorganised mob." he said*.
*-something like that