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Valley Forge Would You Have Quit
Valley Forge: Would you have quit?
At Valley Forge, the colonies were going to fight the British. The British had a strong Navy and the other the colonies were not strong because they did not have supplies some of did not even have food. In the winter of 1777-1778. At Valley Forge, the colonies’ soldiers were fighting the British. There were not enough supplies and the living conditions were bad. There was a lot of sickness and disease. The war was getting hard. What would you do if you were at Valley Forge? Would you quit or would you stay? I would have quit because there were not enough supplies. The living conditions were bad and there was sickness, and many different types of diseases.
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