Galileo was tried and sentenced to house arrest by the catholic church because he claimed that the Sun was the center of the universe and that he had no scientifical evidence to prove it. The church didn't like that and punished him for it.
Yorktown sits on a hill overlooking the York River. Which can be great, if you can keep provisioned.
The British were not able to keep provisioned, though. The American Army laid siege to the city, surrounding it on three sides, while the French Navy cut off the water access to Yorktown and cut Lord Cornwallis' army off from its supplies.
One is exile another is bind and the third is harness :)
The mixing of ideas and human culture.
