Valley Forge: Would You Have Quit?
Valley Forge: Would you have quit?
You see people like Bear Grylls doing survival shows, and showing you tricks to survive in the wilderness all the time. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if you had to survive in the cold, with not a lot of food, illness plagued your camp, and the stakes were your life? This was Valley Forge in the harsh winter of 1777-1778, were the continental army was suffering a brutal winter in huts on a farmer's field, but question is. Would you have re-enlisted to the cold, smokey, ill, winters at Valley Forge with little support, or trudge back to your warm home with you tail between your legs? I would.
Illness was often a worry at Valley Forge because of the smoke, and the harsh winter But the fact is that only about ½ of the soldier got sick in February(Doc A). And in December the chances of getting sick were lower, a stunning 24%(Doc A). Plus, if you did get sick, your chances of dying were slim. Only a 18% chance of dying from illness related causes. So, I would say your biggest problem was starving, which …show more content…
Britain would not give them a say in taxes, and so they decided to break away from the “homeland”. In (Doc D), Thomas Paine writes to toward the end, "Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but ‘to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER,’ and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then there is not such a thing as slavery upon earth.” That there, those words, alone would be enough for me to stay. What Paine said was inspiring with the way it wanted to make you make fight for your freedom. It just gives you a sense that worth more anything in the world, and that’s reason to be live and a reason to keep fighting. And there should nothing more that need be said to keep you at Valley Forge, except that you’re there for your freedom, and the people around you's
You see people like Bear Grylls doing survival shows, and showing you tricks to survive in the wilderness all the time. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if you had to survive in the cold, with not a lot of food, illness plagued your camp, and the stakes were your life? This was Valley Forge in the harsh winter of 1777-1778, were the continental army was suffering a brutal winter in huts on a farmer's field, but question is. Would you have re-enlisted to the cold, smokey, ill, winters at Valley Forge with little support, or trudge back to your warm home with you tail between your legs? I would.
Illness was often a worry at Valley Forge because of the smoke, and the harsh winter But the fact is that only about ½ of the soldier got sick in February(Doc A). And in December the chances of getting sick were lower, a stunning 24%(Doc A). Plus, if you did get sick, your chances of dying were slim. Only a 18% chance of dying from illness related causes. So, I would say your biggest problem was starving, which …show more content…
Britain would not give them a say in taxes, and so they decided to break away from the “homeland”. In (Doc D), Thomas Paine writes to toward the end, "Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but ‘to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER,’ and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then there is not such a thing as slavery upon earth.” That there, those words, alone would be enough for me to stay. What Paine said was inspiring with the way it wanted to make you make fight for your freedom. It just gives you a sense that worth more anything in the world, and that’s reason to be live and a reason to keep fighting. And there should nothing more that need be said to keep you at Valley Forge, except that you’re there for your freedom, and the people around you's