What Would You Do If You Want To Die In Valley Forge?
In December of 1777 to 1778 George Washington made a camp called Valley Forge, it was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. Valley Forge wasn’t the best place for you to live it was very hard, but the sacrifices were worth it. If you were in Washington’s army would you quit? I wouldn’t quit Washington’s army because it says that there is a high chance to get sick but a low chance to actually die from sickness, also Washington is getting supplies from the Congressman because the supplies are low, Dr. Waldo and other soldiers stayed, and finally General Washington gave a speech about not being a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for.
I would not quit Washington’s army because of there being a lot of sick people, but you had a low chance of dying from the sickness. In document A about 3989 out of 8000 people were sick in Valley Forge. About half of the soldiers were sick, so about 50% of Washington’s army in Valley Forge were sick. In document A all of the soldiers, all 12000 soldiers, half of them were sick but only about 1800 died from sickness. So all of the soldiers that died shows me that 15% of all of the soldiers died from sickness, so if you were there in Valley Forge and you were sick you would have a 15% of dying. I would not quit because …show more content…
George Washington’s speech also included him talking about how you should not be a summer soldier because if you were one then Washington called you weak. So most people stayed because of this speech also because of that most people probably didn’t like being called weak. George Washington said “the summer soldiers...will in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country (doc D). What that means is that summer soldiers are weak, they don’t like to fight in hard conditions, they don’t fight when you might starve or freeze to death. Goerge Washington also
I would not quit Washington’s army because of there being a lot of sick people, but you had a low chance of dying from the sickness. In document A about 3989 out of 8000 people were sick in Valley Forge. About half of the soldiers were sick, so about 50% of Washington’s army in Valley Forge were sick. In document A all of the soldiers, all 12000 soldiers, half of them were sick but only about 1800 died from sickness. So all of the soldiers that died shows me that 15% of all of the soldiers died from sickness, so if you were there in Valley Forge and you were sick you would have a 15% of dying. I would not quit because …show more content…
George Washington’s speech also included him talking about how you should not be a summer soldier because if you were one then Washington called you weak. So most people stayed because of this speech also because of that most people probably didn’t like being called weak. George Washington said “the summer soldiers...will in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country (doc D). What that means is that summer soldiers are weak, they don’t like to fight in hard conditions, they don’t fight when you might starve or freeze to death. Goerge Washington also