Valley Forge Would you stay at valley Forge, Why or why not. I would not stay because it was cold. One piece of evidence is from Estimate of illness(Doc. A).One piece of evidence is about how many soldiers died. There was about 2,898 dead in just December 23,1777.…
According to document B, “The committee of 5 congress men stayed several weeks and was helpful in getting more food…” The five men were going to stay only a few weeks, to help feed 12,000 men. In total, Valley Forge was stationed in Virginia for 3 months, and these five guys helped out for only a few weeks, so there is no way there was food for the whole winter. Despite anyone’s effort, there was never enough food for the men. During the winter at Valley Forge, so many people died, and so many more people got sick.…
Valley Forge was a place where George Washington and his troops settled for the Winter of 1777. Many soldiers died from the bad conditions, but the ones who survived came out to be better soldiers because Washington trained them. The soldiers should have left Valley Forge because it was a place of death, illness, and bad supplies. In the Estimates of Illness and Deaths (Doc A), 2500 soldiers died and 50% of soldiers were ill. Seeing how many people died, it makes you see how high of a chance you have of dying too.…
That means 50 percent of soldiers at Valley Forge were sick. (Doc A). In addition, the painting by William Henry Powell also makes me not want to go to Valley Forge. The soldiers, shown in the painting, do not have winter clothes and are poorly equipped. Also, the painting shows that the conditions at Valley Forge are very harsh, for example, the horse is dead from the cold(Doc B).…
If I were a soldier at Valley Forge, where British and Colonists fought during the harsh cold weather, I would have left. I would quit because many of the people were dying. This information was found in the diary of Dr. Albigence Waldo (Document C). They were starving from poor food and were becoming miserable. As Dr. Albigence Waldo stated in his diary, “Heartily wish myself at home, my skin and eyes are almost spoil’d with continual smoke.”…
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania was George Washington’s winter camp for the Continental Army, in Dec. of 1777 to June 1778. Valley Forge was a difficult place to live in, little food, low supplies, tattered clothes, and no shoes. If you had been in Washington’s army would you have quit? No I wouldn’t have quit because, there was a lot of sick people but not many were dying, Washington was getting help, I don’t want to be a “Summer Soldier. I would not have quit Washington’s army.…
Life is pretty bad when your fingers are frozen and your toes poke through your shoes, isn’t it? You might be able to answer this question, since you probably haven’t been in that situation. However, the starved, freezing, poorly clothed men that were stationed at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778 could definitely answer this question. An additional question they had to ask themselves at Valley Forge was: “Will I re-enlist or will I quit?” If I would have been in a soldier’s shoes in those fateful winter days, I would have re-enlisted.…
In his piece, Thomas Paine strongly expresses a persuasive outlook as to why the colonists should fight for their independence. He believes that their willing right to be free shall not be put aside and that their abilities to achieve their freedom may be affected by factors such as God, the British, or even just simply the fact that Paine described the reasoning to get the colonists to fight in such an expressive way. Throughout this piece, Paine’s goal was to persuade the colonists to strive for liberty. To support his argument, Paine utilizes religious beliefs, descriptive language, and the recognition of the counter argument. To begin with, the author points to religious beliefs to demonstrate the relation God has on the colonists…
Valley Forge-1777 In December 1777 through June 1778, Washington and his Continental Army made a winter camp at Valley Forge, which was a difficult place to live in because of the winter. Would you have stayed in Washington's army? I would stay with Washington's army because there is a lot of soldiers sick, but not a lot of them are dying, the soldiers were missing shoes and there clothes are all ripped up, but Washington is getting help, and I am not going to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for. I would not quit Washington's army because, there are a lot of sick people, but not a lot of soldiers are dying, the conditions are bad, but everyone is showing a spirit of alacrity and I'm not going to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for.…
Thomas Paine spread his thoughts and ideas on American independence in his pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which advocated the independence of the American colonies from Britain and had a great influence to those living in America surrounding the time of 1776. Paine grew up as a son of an English Quaker, and was an apprentice of his father’s in his earlier years, but by 1774 Paine was in America supporting the separation between the colonies and Britain as he became the political philosopher and writer as we know him by today. From reading “Common Sense,” it is clear that Paine believed in the colonists’ right to revolt, as he passionately states the reasoning and logic behind his ideas. Many of his arguments are well thought out and very effective…
In the eighteenth century, whenever the thought of freedom of speech aroused, one common name appeared, Thomas Paine. He supported the cause so much, that he wrote several pieces about why it is important, but his last piece proved his belief. During this time religion was an important topic and while he was being held in a prison in France, he wrote What I Believe. It focused on his religious beliefs, the belief in a God, but not a church. Thomas Paine says that he does believe in a God.…
Thomas Paine was an emigrant from England who wrote a persuasive pamphlet in 1776, known as Common Sense. this was a political argument for American Independence, written to the colonists in hopes to get them on board with separation from Great Britain. Samuel Seabury was “a native of Connecticut” who wrote a series of pamphlets arguing against Independence, in 1775, to the colonists, to prove why they needed to stay joined with Great Britain. While some may think the two authors, Thomas Paine and Samuel Seabury, wrote similarly in their documents as they both agreed there was a good amount of problems between Great Britain and the colonies, they had many different opinions, including: opinions on separation, the outcome of separation and the…
The troops being at Valley Forge between the British and York were a protection for Congress The Valley Forge area was reasonable. The grounds were good to guard against attack. While the conditions were harsh, Washington tried to provide for the comfort of his men. The lack of supplies, clothing and food meant winter was not good.…
Thomas Paine’s “Liberty Tree” printed in July 1775 truly emphasized that the colonies in America were seeking independence to have control of their own land. Although the Liberty Tree was an actual tree, it symbolized the increasing desire and determination of the colonies to be free and independent from England. Since Liberty Tree was planted once the English arrived in America for colonization, as time progressed, colonists were attracted to the symbolic freedom that this tree possessed. According to the poem “Liberty Tree,” the tree “flourish’d and bore / The fame of its fruit, drew the nations around / To seek out its peaceable shore.”…
Thomas Paine in the book American Crisis claims that america needs to continue the difficult fight against britain for independence. Paine supports his claim by utilizing personification, rhetorical questions, appeals to ethos through the bible and the audience's fears. The audiences purpose is to convince the american people to continue the fight in order to gain independence from great britain. The author writes in a serious tone for the american citizens hesitant to if the war is worth the long fight. Paine efficiently conveys personification in order to advance his claim that the americans need to continue the fight against great britain.…