Washington and his army set up a camp called Valley Forge‚ 18 miles out of Philadelphia. Terrible conditions and diseases came in and out of Valley Forge. Would I have quit Valley Forge? No I would have not quit because there is a lot of sick people but not of a lot of people are dying‚ Washington is getting help‚ and I don’t want to be a summer solder or a sunshine patriot because freedom is worth fighting for. One of the reasons I would not have quit‚ is because it stated that in document A There
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Valley Forge Essay Many of the men are starving and ill; I doubt i will even make it out alive. Two years into the Revolutionary War‚ the capital of Philadelphia was taken by the British. The Patriots had set up a winter camp at Valley Forge‚ 18 miles from Philadelphia in 1777. One question I have to ask myself is if I was a soldier at Valley Forge would have quit (leave and not re-enlist). I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are we need more soldiers‚ you could move up in rank
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Valley Forge George Cashman Would you have quit? You’re sitting in your frigid wooden hut‚ you’re stomach grumbling‚ and you’re eyes and mouth filled with thick‚ black smoke. This is when you realize that you will have the chance to quit very‚ very soon. But the question is‚ will you quit or will you re-enlist? To me this is a very simple decision. This decision is to either leave George Washington’s worn out army and go back to your beautiful wife and darling children or to endure another
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Would You Have Quit? If I was a soldier in the American Continental Army during the Valley Forge time period‚ I would probably have quit the war. The reason that I would want to quit is i wouldn’t want to fight in a war‚ at all. I don’t think that fighting and killing is the answer to a country’s problems. However‚ if i was in the war then I would have quit because times were hard for the soldiers and for the people who were supporting the war‚ the Americans were losing the war‚ and they were
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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.
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Valley Forge: Quit or Stay When a person is in a stressful situation on instinct they have two options‚ fight or flight. In war the same is true. War is not always bayonets and bullets‚ it’s the decisions you make during times of hardship. A soldier has to make the decision whether to keep fighting for what they believe in no matter what the stakes or to flee. In December of 1777‚ George Washington and his troops arrived at Valley Forge. Since the summer of 1775‚ all has gone well for the Continental
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alley Forge War is hard‚ but not a hardship worth quitting for. In December 1777-1778‚ General George Washington made his winter camp at Valley Forge‚ Pennsylvania. The British army under General Howe was only a few miles away in Philadelphia. Washington now has a problem because many of his men have signed up to fight for only nine months. Their terms are now coming to an end. After thinking long and hard I am deciding to reenlist for three main causes‚ lack of soliders due to illness‚ loyalty
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Valley Forge In December 1777‚ George Washington created a camp called Valley Forge for the Continental Army to stay at. Valley Forge began to become a hard and unsanitary place to live. I would not quit because there was a lot of sick people‚ but not a lot was dying‚ The conditions are bad‚ but there was a ‘Spirit of alacrity’ among the soldiers‚ and I am not going to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for. The conditions in Valley Forge was bad because there are a lot of
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Valley Forge: Would You Have Quit? This is an EXCELLENT essay to guide you. DO NOT COPY THIS FOR YOUR OWN WORK Remember MLA formatting!!!! Introduction: War is hard but the hardship is not always bayonets and bullets. In December 1777‚ General George Washington made his winter camp at Valley Forge‚ Pennsylvania. The British army under General Howe was only a few miles away in Philadelphia. Washington now has a special problem. Many of his men have signed up to fight for only six months or
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Valley forge When I walked into a valley forge camp I almost threw up the smell and site of the dead bodies there was at least a thousand sick people I started to walk around the camp. I saw people with almost no clothes they were also barefoot in cold weather. I heard people saying “I need meat and warm clothes under their breath”I started walking a little bit more deeper into the camp and I saw the hut so I went in right when I stepped into the hut and all I saw was smoke I didn’t even see
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