Valley Forge was the camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 and 1778 during the Revolutionary War. Although the conditions were bad, and others may have quit, I wouldn't have, I would stay at Valley Forge and fight for Washington's army because only 15% of people died, the inspirational words of Thomas Paine and the help from the Congressmen..
One of the reasons for my opinion on this is because the graph in Document A, which if looked at explains how although a lot were sick, the death toll was much less. There were almost 4,000 who were sick out of the 8,000, but only ~1,800 of the 12,000 people were dead. This means that you would have an 85% chance of living, which is pretty reasonable for that time, and wouldn’t be make me want to quit.
Another great piece of evidence are the words of Thomas Paine, an English-American political activist and political theorist. Even though many were going to quit, his words encouraged them to keep fighting despite the troubles at Valley Forge. The text in Document D are from him, saying to not be a “Summer Soldier” or a “Sunshine Patriot”. This means to not give up when times are tough and endure it all for the freedom of their nation, and themselves. In the same document it was also said by Thomas …show more content…
Another thing stated in Document B is that when they did stay, they stayed for several weeks, making them feel respected and gave them more people to talk to, to stay positive, which is better than being sad and miserable during this time at Valley