Valley Forge

still haunted at night in my cold, smoky hut with their painful cries of agony ringing in my ears. I remember seeing them sprawled out on the grassy hills as their last breaths escaped their body. Their sorrowful plea for help echoing through the valley. I remember being helpless. I could not do anything to help them. My friends are dying. Hundreds of soldiers gave their lives for us. I remember when the Boston Tea party happened. It was the road that led us down the path to signing the…

Not all Wes I’s friends were bad at all; he made good friends too during his childhood. Paris was one of them. They used to play basketball in the neighborhood, which in my opinion, kept both of them out of the drugs. Colonel Batt, the head of Valley Forge, Mayor Schmoke, a major of Baltimore, and Ty Hill, a mentor, played an important role on Wes I’s life because they helped him to get an education, made wise decisions, and convinced Wes I to apply for the Rhodes scholarship. The biggest…

Saratoga was the turning point in the Revolutionary war because the battle showed that the very small American army could take on the British empire. The battle was a great victory for American Patriots and gave the French allies faith that the American military could defeat the British. The Patriots had gained hope that they could win their independence back and use their intellectual minds to win the war with the French and other European groups allying with them. Saratoga was a major turning…

the suffering of drowning in taxes and being treated unfairly. The cause of this madness would be, because men did not re-enlist during the Revolutionary War. During the years of 1777 and 1778, the Continental Army was stationed at camp, named Valley Forge, to spy on the British camp. The general, George Washington, was losing men due to them non-re-enlisting. The whole camp had a specific and definite question in mind. “Should I re-enlist for my own and others freedom?” If I did quit, I would…

saw that he was “broken and dead-eyed” (93). He then realized that if he didn’t bend the rules and let him call home, he would lose Wes for good. Staying in military school is a major turning point for Wes because it turned his life back around. Valley Forge was a place where Wes learned the true meaning of respect, and Colonel Bratt was a leading representation of it- “I started to understand that I was in a different environment. Not simply because I was in the middle of Pennsylvania instead…

The Dakota-U.S. Conflict Being a war which occurred in Minnesota, and described by some as “Minnesota’s other civil war” and “genocide” by others, we may be inclined to think that teaching it is surely a statewide core component of high school U.S. History, but it is not. This course needs to become part of the requirements of high school U.S. History because to high-schoolers, it largely remains either a completely unknown event or something about which they hold misinformation. It is very…

At this time, the Americans were fighting for their independence against Great Britain. In the colonies, many families were split apart and friendships severed because the colonists could not agree on who to support in the war. The Patriots, also known as Whigs, were the colonists who were fighting against the British. The Loyalists, also known as Tories, were colonists who supported Great Britain and their efforts to control America. The Loyalists thought the Patriots were committing…

constitution, and was a Senator in the First U.S. Federal Congress from 1789 to 179. Robert Morris was also known as the “Financier of the Revolution,” because he donated his own money to help special causes, like his support towards the troops at Valley Forge and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Robert Morris came up with a plan in 1781 that became the Bank of North America and was the Superintendent of Finance under the Articles of Confederation. Morris was a delegate to the…

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arteries and would have without a doubt killed him if the doctor in charge of the surgery had not been well trained. Major James Monroe and General Washington fought alongside each other once again at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777 through 1778. However, the battle that took place at Valley Forge was not between the British Army and the colonists, but rather between the colonists and the harsh winter. During his time with this army, Major Monroe met his future law advisor, mentor, and…