DBQ Valley Forge Essay Valley forge would you have quit? yes if I were a soldier at valley forge I would have quit and there are many reasons why, first off “there were no beds, just straw on the mud floor” (Background essay) and also there were soldiers getting ill and dying and also freezing. “They had nasty clothes and nasty cookery” (Document C) . When they arrived at valley forge it was winter so they were dying of hypothermia. “You could see a soldier's bare feet through his worn out shoes” (Document C).…
Would You Have Quit Valley Forge? In the winters of 1777 and 1778 George Washington started a winter camp called Valley Forge, Approximately 18 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conditions here were horrible and many quit because. I would not have quit Valley Forge because Washington got help, their we're still many other soldiers who persevered, and valuable things like freedom are worth fighting for.…
Valley Forge, settled by George Washington and his army, was basically a prison for many of his soldiers. If I was a soldier there, I would undoubtedly quit Valley Forge in a heartbeat. Researchers estimated that there were a lot of illnesses and deaths at Valley Forge. (Doc A) The amount of deaths was 1800-2500 from illnesses.…
Many soldiers quickly quit due to conditions at Valley Forge. Given these conditions, would I have reenlisted in the Continental Army? I would have quit the army and likely never reenlist due to terrible weather conditions and being minimally aided…
Parts of America, including Philadelphia, were divided during the war. Some women developed “scarlet fever”; the obsession with the British. A soldier would not have quit Valley Forge because he would want to support other soldiers, give motivation, and reassure them that resources were coming. One reason why a soldier would not have quit is because a soldier would want to support the other soldiers. In document A, it talks about death and sickness tolls.…
Everywhere I go I see bloody feet and men doing everything they can to try and not get sick and some of them even trying to stay alive. This hard war was in Valley forge 18 miles northwest of philadelphia in 1777. The soldiers are struggling because they don't have what they need and that makes most soldiers not want to reenlist because of the conditions. Would you have reenlisted and done more time in these terrible conditions? I chose to go home because of the harsh conditions, lack of supplies, and because of all the deaths and illnesses.…
Valley Forge December 1777 Washington and their Continental Army were fighting. They were going thru some difficult times. Would you have stayed. I would have stayed because only 15% of the people died that’s not a lot. There is help on its way most people stayed because of the inspirational words of Thomas Paine.…
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania was George Washington’s winter camp for the Continental Army, in Dec. of 1777 to June 1778. Valley Forge was a difficult place to live in, little food, low supplies, tattered clothes, and no shoes. If you had been in Washington’s army would you have quit? No I wouldn’t have quit because, there was a lot of sick people but not many were dying, Washington was getting help, I don’t want to be a “Summer Soldier. I would not have quit Washington’s army.…
Valley forge was a training camp for the colonial soldiers that had very harsh weather conditions. All the soldiers were freezing, starving and living in huts with very poor ventilation. If i were a soldier at Valley Forge I would have left. As it says in “Estimates of death and illness at Valley Forge” (Doc A) 50% of soldiers who fought there died. If half of the soldiers died at Valley Forge that is not a chance that I am willing to take.…
Picture Colonial America in early 1778. You are probably imagining a courageous George Washington directing a powerful Continental Army against the British soldiers. In reality it was a heap of soldiers stuck freezing in a camp 18 miles away from Philadelphia. Many soldiers had deserted or did not reenlist. Would you have re-enlisted?…
Many in the North didn 't know the true aspects of slavery and the effect it had on black African Americans. Their thoughts would probably be that it was just only a working system. They didn 't necessarily know of the actual cruelty portrayed by the slave’s masters. According to the textbook, “Give Me Liberty” by Eric Foner, “Millions of northerners who had not been abolitionists become convinced that preserving the union as an embodiment of liberty required the destruction of slavery.” Northerners were beginning to know the truth of what the south really was and had one-hundred percent thought’s against slavery.…
The troops being at Valley Forge between the British and York were a protection for Congress The Valley Forge area was reasonable. The grounds were good to guard against attack. While the conditions were harsh, Washington tried to provide for the comfort of his men. The lack of supplies, clothing and food meant winter was not good.…
I would have most definitely quit Valley Forge because we were outnumbered, the conditions were terrible, and the sickness was outrageous. I would have quit partially because the United States was itleast doubled by Britain in soldiers. Document A states "8,000 men in Febuary, 1778" as well "3,989 reported sick or were unable to report for duty." This document shows that we had a good 4,000 soldiers to fight a war against Britain since half of the United States soldiers were sick or couldn't report for duty. Background Essay states " With…
Very few of the conscripted soldiers were used in battle. Of the almost 13,000 conscripted soldiers, less than 2,500 reached the front lines (“Reveal 12,000 N.R.M.A.,” 1945). This number makes up a fraction of and dwindles in comparison to the total number of Canadian soldiers used in World War Two, which was approximately 1 million (Canada at War, 2009). This means that over 10,000 men were forced to leave their home lives for no reason. These men were conscripted for no reason when the number of necessary of men could have been raised through the previous system of voluntary enlistment.…
and I became, over time, more jealous of General Howe’s army, which, of 18000 men, was comfortably quartered in Philadelphia. Our hut, which consisted of 12 men, had no beds at all. The mud floor consisted of straw, providing an uncomfortable “bed” of sorts. I have decided to not re-enlist for three reasons which are: living conditions, disease, and family. 12000 men stayed in huts in Valley Forge in December, 1777.…