The British Defeat at Yorktown Resulted Largely from the

The British defeat at Yorktown resulted largely from the

A) inability of the British to persuade Tories to join them.
B) French fleet winning control of Chesapeake Bay and preventing Cornwallis from escaping from the peninsula by sea.
C) ability of Washington to outmaneuver Cornwallis' much larger army and force him to retreat to the peninsula.
D) failure of Cornwallis to receive General Clinton's orders to withdraw.