Valley Forge: The Most Important Cause Of The Revolutionary War

he Weenter at Valley Forge was the most important event that caused the revolution because of many things. The importance is much more than just surviving a winter. The time spent was hard and treacherous, but it helped shape the men into something great. Valley Forge was the low point of the war, but the height of the Revolution, maybe even high enough to lead it. December 19, 1777 George Washington led around 11,000 men into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, shortly after the battles of Germantown and Brandywine. The war was in shambles and British Redcoats occupied Philadelphia. All hope seemed lost, but the army did not crumble. Instead, they rose to the challenge. Especially, when Baron Von Steuben showed up.
When Von Steuben came into
the picture, George Washington knew something great was upon them. He knew Von Steuben would be the angel they’d been looking and hoping for. Baron used his time at Valley Forge to improve the army. He trained the men as the military would. Teaching them military style fighting. He also drilled the men on the

daily. After months and months of this training the armies fighting style was much enhanced, as well as their attitudes. All of this training lead to a pristine army that was ready to go out and fight, to go out and win. Not only for themselves, but for the future of their country, for the revolution.
George Washington picked Valley Forge for their long time camping spot due to many things. First, It was close to Philadelphia. It was also set at a very good place to defend himself and his soldiers, they could see anybody, or anything, that moved in or out of Valley Forge. In the case that the British Redcoats decided to attack they could see them and be prepared.
The winter of 1777 and 1778 was as cold and treacherous as nothing they’d ever seen before. The army was plagued with disease and sickness, which spread quickly due to close proximity of the soldiers. Little to no food and no clothing, freezing temperatures, and barely any shelter, was not a person's image of an ideal winter. Add on top of that cold, wet, snow, and the chances of survival were not good. Around 2,500 men died. Desperate to keep his army intact, Washinton even resulted in threatening the men who tried to leave. He presented awe and praise to the ones who stayed.
By early spring conditions at Valley Forge had improved immensely. Not only the weather was warmer but physically and mentally the soldiers were enhanced. They were more ready than ever before to go out and fight.
June 19, 1778, George Washington and his remaining men marched out of Valley Forge ready to face anything put into their path.
They were tougher, smarter, and more determined than ever before. They were in in to win it.
The winter at valley forge was the most important cause of the revolution because of many things. Sixth months spent in a cold dreaded winter should have brought them down and broken them, but it didn’t, it brought them up. A broken army spent an entire winter in a broken place and came out of said place to win a revolution. They trained harder than ever before, they put their everything into becoming something great. Though many men and soldiers died, many didn’t and fought in the name of those weren’t as fortunate as them.
The winter was also very important because it helped bring what would become our future president, George Washington, into the spotlight. George Washington was a highly skilled military leader whose ideas and army helped win American independence in the American Revolution. Without a leader who always saw the bright side of everything and worked so hard to keep his army ready for anything, even when it seemed everything was hopelessly doomed, we may have never won the Revolution. Our ancestors may have just died off completely at Valley Forge, leaving the colonies to be overrun by the British. Who knows where we’d be today if England owned us. So, thanks to him and his colleagues, they survived the winter, they won our
independence. Therefore the winter at Valley Forge will forever signify the importance of the American Revolution, and how important it really was to us and, to our present day lives and our future lives. Maybe if we hadn’t won you’d be friends with different people. You’d probably lead a different life. Maybe not even like the things you like now. Maybe your parents would be different, maybe they would have never found each other and fallen in love. Maybe you’d have different grandparents. Maybe you wouldn’t even exist today. So it must be true, America wouldn’t be America without the Revolution.