THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Royalists were encouraged by reports of Washington’s forces at Valley Forge.
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Conditions at Valley Forge ended hopes for colonial independence.
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Valley Forge was the scene of much hardship for General Washington’s troops.
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The battle at Valley Forge was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which statement about Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 is MOST accurate? Royalists were encouraged by reports of Washington’s forces at Valley Forge.
Detailed explanation-2: -Q. Which best describes George Washington’s winter at Valley Forge in 1777–1778? Washington spent the winter there because he was waiting for help from the French. Washington spent the winter there to silence critics who feared he would surrender.
Detailed explanation-3: -Valley Forge was the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army. The park commemorates the sacrifices and perseverance of the Revolutionary War generation.
Detailed explanation-4: -While wintering in the camp, soldiers worked together to build huts for shelter, but unsanitary conditions, and shortages of food and blankets contributed to the disease and exhaustion which continually plagued the camp.
Detailed explanation-5: -Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Gerhard August, Freiherr von Steuben, a Prussian military officer, arrives at General George Washington’s encampment at Valley Forge on February 23, 1778 and commences training soldiers in close-order drill, instilling new confidence and discipline in the demoralized Continental Army.