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French ships were blocking the bay, so that Cornwallis and the British there couldn't get supplies. Also the British couldn'tescape from the bay.

And, Washington and his army where coming from land. *I think think there were French troops of the ground as well...* So Cornwallis couldn't escape from any direction.

Cornwallis was outnumbered as well-->19,300 soldiers (10,800 French 8,500 Americans) 24 French wars ships, and 375 guns to 7,500 British soldiers and 240 guns

The odds were against him, he had to surrender for the sake of his men. There are lots more reasons... like he was going to get help but it never came


His reinforcements never showed up, he was outnumbered, and the French navy was in the Chesapeake Bay. He was surrounded on all sides so he couldn't escape.
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