Valley Forge Dbq Analysis

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Valley Forge is a place that the Continental Army went to during the Revolutionary War. Valley Forge was located in Pennsylvania, 18 miles west of Philadelphia. The army stayed there from December 1777 to June 1778. Also, Valley Forge was a difficult place to live. Valley Forge was located in Pennsylvania, 18 miles west of Philadelphia. Would you quit the Continental Army? I would not quit the Continental Army because there were a lot of sick people, but there were not a lot of dying people, conditions were bad but brave soldiers stuck with it,and I do not want to be a “Summer Soldier”.

I would not quit the Continental Army because there were a lot of sick people, but there were not a lot of dying people. In Document A it says 3,989 out of 8,000 soldiers were sick in February 1778. That means about ~50% of the soldiers were sick by February 1778. Also, Document A it says 1,800 out of 12,000 people died at Valley Forge. That means only about 15% of people died at Valley Forge. So you would have an 85% chance to live while at Valley Forge, so I would not quit. …show more content…

In Dr. Waldo’s journal he says there is “No Meat” and “Nasty Cloathes” yet the soldiers did not give up (Doc C). That means the the conditions at Valley Forge were horrible but brave soldiers kept on going. Also, in Document C it says “Yet they still show a spirit of alacrity”. This means the soldiers were brave and not going to give up

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