Valley Forge Dbq Questions And Answers

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Would You Have Quit ?
In the winter of 1777 and 1778 George Washington and the Continental Army had a rough time at Valley Forge. Valley Forge was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia . Some of the soldiers left because all they did was work it was cold and they had bad clothing like worn out shoes and they were getting sick but not all left some stayed loyal and times got even harder but they were so devoted to stay and fight for their freedom. So I would not have quit because….. In docA Its says that ”Only 1,800 out of 12,000 soldiers died that is 15% of the camp” my second piece of evidence also in docA is that “3,989 soldiers out of 8,000 were sick” that is 50% of the camp. Yes a lot of people were sick and yes alot were dieng and …show more content…

The Congressmen also “ stayed several weeks to show them what they know and help them get everything back together and help them get their freedom. The conditions in Valley Forge were terrible like ¨ poor food, cold weather, some of them would vomit half their time.” They really need help because soldiers were just getting sicker. Dr waldo suffered during his time at Valley Forge but stayed loyal to the continental army. He was like inspiring when i read how he stayed through all the pain at Valley Forge and he didn't quit.
If I was a soldier at Valley Forge and i would have to ask myself would i have quit i would have to think of all the stuff I had just found out about at Valley Forge that only ¨ 15% of the camp died and the congressmen were helping with food and clothing and that the winter just kept getting worse as time went on I would have to think do I want to vomit half my time for freedom do i want to be cold everyday do i want to risk my life for freedom and my answer would be yes i would because if i were to survive it would be worth it to be apart of a great victory like

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