Unlike many others I am still healthy which means I can continue to fight my hardest
Unlike many others I am still healthy which means I can continue to fight my hardest
The Road to Winter, Mark Smith (2016) is a riveting novel that covers many aspects of survival in times of crisis including teamwork and cooperation. While it is reasonable to believe that it would be easier to survive alone, the benefits of teamwork outweigh any cons that may exist. People make great trading partners in times where items necessary for survival are unavailable and different people offer different luxuries. Gangs such as the Wilders spread fear and carnage throughout the entire novel proving that there is strength in numbers and it is not just superior to travelling alone but is also much safer.…
Valley Forge Would you stay at valley Forge, Why or why not. I would not stay because it was cold. One piece of evidence is from Estimate of illness(Doc. A).One piece of evidence is about how many soldiers died. There was about 2,898 dead in just December 23,1777.…
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.…
Rugged Times at Valley Forge Re-enlisting may be prove to be dangerous, but who cares if freedom is at stake. On December of 1777, George Washington took his army to the brutal Valley Forge to sojourn for the winter, 22 miles from the nearest colony. Staying at alive at this camp is hard as nails. My enlistment is coming up rapidly, however I do not plan on quitting until we get our freedom. “Quitting” is another way of stating that you are not re-enlisting.…
Had I been at Valley Forge, I would have and would have encouraged others to leave Valley Forge. Valley Forge was a winter camp built and used by the colonists where they were trained, but many colonists died from cold and disease. Valley Forge was a horrible place to be. As it states in Estimates of Death and Illness at Valley forge(doc…
Valley Forge was a place where George Washington and his troops settled for the Winter of 1777. Many soldiers died from the bad conditions, but the ones who survived came out to be better soldiers because Washington trained them. The soldiers should have left Valley Forge because it was a place of death, illness, and bad supplies. In the Estimates of Illness and Deaths (Doc A), 2500 soldiers died and 50% of soldiers were ill. Seeing how many people died, it makes you see how high of a chance you have of dying too.…
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.…
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.…
Fleeing From Valley Forge One of the battles in the Revolutionary War took place in Valley Forge that is located next to Pennsylvania. There are many bad conditions that make it hard for colonists to stay and fight. I would leave Valley Forge due to the terrible conditions. A research made in 1974 in the University of Michigan estimates the illness in Valley Forge from December 1777-February 1778. Almost 50% of 12,000 colonists became sick (Document A).…
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.…
Anybody and everybody are dropping like flies from illness and freezing body temperatures. And now, you wonder: Is all this trouble and devastation really worth the risk? The first two years of the American Revolution hadn’t gone well for the Continental Army. Not surprisingly, Washington was having trouble keeping all his soldiers in the army. For most people in the war, victory seemed far off, in fact for many, it seemed unlikely.…
Valley Forge was a winter camp for the colonists during December, 1777-1778. The colonists trained and fought there with courage, but some have died from diseases and lack of food. However, if I had been a soldier at Valley Forge, I would have stayed and fought with the other colonists instead of running away or quitting. One reason I would stay is because in the article “Estimates of Deaths at Valley Forge (Doc A)”, it states that only 1,800 people died out of 12,000 people in December. That is less than half of the people.…
Valley Forge-1777 In December 1777 through June 1778, Washington and his Continental Army made a winter camp at Valley Forge, which was a difficult place to live in because of the winter. Would you have stayed in Washington's army? I would stay with Washington's army because there is a lot of soldiers sick, but not a lot of them are dying, the soldiers were missing shoes and there clothes are all ripped up, but Washington is getting help, and I am not going to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for. I would not quit Washington's army because, there are a lot of sick people, but not a lot of soldiers are dying, the conditions are bad, but everyone is showing a spirit of alacrity and I'm not going to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for.…
War can kill in the typical ways such as gunshot or canonfire, but it can also kill in ways that one may not expect, as it did at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. In December of 1777, George Washington and his troops made camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania with the British army stationed comfortably nearby in Philadelphia. The winter was not kind to the American soldiers, as they suffered from frostbite, starvation, and many other things that negatively impacted their health. Despite the condition of his men, Washington still wanted them to keep fighting for another 9 months. If you were suffering through the harsh winter at Valley Forge, would you have re-enlisted?…
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.…