Valley Forge Essay If I was a soldier in Valley Forge I would have had to think every little detail out before I made my decision. Would I be better off leaving? Would I have a good chance of staying alive if I stayed? I wouldn’t just jump into the decision without thinking everything through. Most likely I would have quit‚ and here are the reasons why. In Valley Forge at this time it was cold‚ freezing actually. They had no warm clothes and even if they did it was torn to shreds. People around
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condition. In December of 1777‚ General George Washington made his army was in a very bad state. They had little food‚ uncomfortable lodging‚ and extremely cold weather. At Valley Forge‚ there were about 12‚000 soldiers. The conditions costed a lot for the army. If I were a soldier in the Continental Army at Valley Forge‚ I would have quit because of horrible conditions‚ illness‚ and the position they are in. To start off‚ one reason for quitting is the awful conditions. In the diary of Dr. Albigence
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turn to decide whether to re-enlist or not. I would not abandon Valley Forge because the Committee of Congress gives me hope‚ the healthy men have to stay and fight and we are not a nation of summer soldiers. I will re-enlist because I have hope that the Committee of Congress will be here for us in times of need. The picture in Document B shows‚ “George Washington presenting the Congressional Committee to soldiers at Valley Forge”‚ this showed me that George Washington knows what he’s doing and knows
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Professor Donald Charlton FIQWS 10/13/2015 George Washington at Valley Forge In his “His Excellency: George Washington‚” Joseph J Ellis argues that the winter at Valley Forge was one of the most crucial events during the war for independence. After the battles of Brandywine and Germantown‚ General George Washington marched his weak and defeated soldiers to Valley Forge. However‚ the freezing weather of Valley Forge during winter bedeviled the soldiers and General Washington. The soldiers also
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WRITE VALLEY FORGE DBQ ESSAY Planning makes perfect! March 20th 2014 Learning Goal: Students will analyze various primary and secondary documents to determine if they would have quit had they been an American solider in the Battle of Valley Forge. STEP ONE CREATE A THESIS STATEMENT The thesis statement is your answer to the analytical question: “Would you have quit?” Your answer being: choose a side- quitting or not quitting! I would have quit the fight at Valley Forge I would not
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Valley Forge Its 11 at night‚ I’m sitting here by the window talking to the moon‚ everyone is sleeping. It is a dark cold night. I can’t see anything but darkness. I can’t feel my legs. Every time I mutter a word I can feel as my lips crack and a drop of blood leaks out. In the smoke surrounding me from our fire I can make out a beautiful woman caressing her belly. She appears to be about 7 months pregnant. It’s my wife. This is the last memory I have of her. By this time my child should be about
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In December of 1777 to 1778 George Washington made a camp called Valley Forge‚ it was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. Valley Forge wasn’t the best place for you to live it was very hard‚ but the sacrifices were worth it. If you were in Washington’s army would you quit? I wouldn’t quit Washington’s army because it says that there is a high chance to get sick but a low chance to actually die from sickness‚ also Washington is getting supplies from the Congressman because the supplies are low‚ Dr.
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Discuss the importance of Joe Gargery and the life of the forge in the presentation of the central issues of Great Expectations. “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is a novel about a young boy‚ named Pip‚ who’s expectations are raised from being a blacksmiths apprentice to being a gentleman after he is adopted by an unknown benefactor. As a result of this Pip leaves his childhood home of the forge and his father figure‚ Joe Gargery. The novel explores the key themes of corruption of money‚
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she has a right (not only to tax) but ‘to bind us all in all cases whatsoever.” (Paine‚ 153) I don’t want Britain ‘binding us’ into all of their problems. Recently‚ a report (Busch‚ varied sources 147) has shown a list of what’s happening at Valley Forge‚ “1800 deaths”.
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