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Cornwallis moved his troops to Yorktown when he was ordered to provide a protected harbor for the British fleet. This mistake cost them the battle. Surrounded on all three sides Cornwallis surrendered.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/yorktown

https://www.nps.gov/york/learn/historyculture/history-of-the-siege.htm

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George Washington let Clinton believe he was goin to be attacked but in reality the troops were heading south. George Washington and French Allies moved their forces to join 12,000 other militia. A French fleet commander engaged a British fleet trying to assist the British soldiers in Yorktown. This left Cornwallis isolated and vulnerable. The siege exhausted the British army’s supplies of food and ammunition.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/yorktown

https://www.nps.gov/york/learn/historyculture/history-of-the-siege.htm

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The British used artillery batteries and connecting trenches along with ten small redoubts to defend the port of Yorktown. The use of their resources was not as effective as the Americans.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/siege-of-yorktown

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The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown ended the American Revolutionary War.

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The American And French troops dug trenches to be closer to British lines. Washington bombarded British soldiers for a week day and night to prevent them from preparing their defenses. On October 14, the  American and French allies attacked the British fighting with fixed bayonets and unloaded muskets.
The use of their resources resulted in victory against the British.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/yorktown

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https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Yorktown

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins

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The battle of Yorktown took place on September 28–October 19, 1781. In this battle American and French troops trapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The battle ended military operations in the American Revolution. It also ended with 8,000 British prisoners.

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General George Washington led 17,000 French and American troops with the help of the French leader Comte de Rochambeau.

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The British army was led by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis and British peers.

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George Washington had quick decision making skills. He ordered the troops to block Cornwallis' incase they left by land and the French blocked the sea. Along with this 2,500 Continental troops in New York met with 4,000 French troops and came together. George Washington was a good leader he would make a call and the troops would do just that, like soldiers are supposed to.

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The British leadership was not nearly as good as the American. The British sat there in Yorktown while George Washington worked to get them surrounded. The troops fought back until October 17 when they surrendered. For the surrendering ceremony on the 19th Charles Cornwallis pleaded illness so the second in command took the sword to the American and French.