VALLEY FORGE. 1)Washington loses at Brandywine and Germantown.

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VALLEY FORGE

1)Washington loses at Brandywine and Germantown

VALLEY FORGE 2) Set up camp at Valley Forge (Fall of 1777  to winter 1778)

VALLEY FORGE 3) High ground helps keep an eye on Philadelphia (Howe and his troops are 18 miles away after taking over Philly)

VALLEY FORGE

SUCCESS!!!!! 1) Washington lives among his troops!

VALLEY FORGE SUCCESS!!!!! 1) Washington lives among his troops! 2) Martha Washington brings supplies.

VALLEY FORGE SUCCESS!!!!! 1) Washington lives among his troops! 2) Martha Washington brings supplies. 3) Troops TRAIN and BOND together!

VALLEY FORGE SUCCESS!!!!! 1) Washington lives among his troops! 2) Martha Washington brings supplies. 3) Troops TRAIN and BOND together! - (British troops do nothing but live it up.)

VALLEY FORGE NO BATTLE IS FOUGHT HERE!!! 2,500 DIE 2,000 desert

Washington leads his army into battle at Monmouth following this. The large battle is a draw and shows the army is stronger and they can defend themselves !

Molly Pitcher helped load cannons when her husband went down during this battle. Molly Pitcher is generally identified as Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, wife of William Hays, [1]. [1] Margaret Corbin and her husband, John Corbin, along with some 600 American soldiers, were defending Fort Washington in northern Manhattan from 4,000 attacking Hessian troops under British command TWO MOLLY PITCHERS???