At Cornwallis’s surrender, the band played a song called “The World Turned Upside Down.”How does the song title reflect the conclusion of the war?

The title “The World Turned Upside Down” suggests that events had gone contrary to what people expected: Britain, a powerful empire, had been defeated by its American colonies. So the song reflected the surprising reversal represented by the British surrender at Yorktown. Choice A takes the title too literally, and choice C is incorrect because Americans were not widely expected to win their independence.

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