CH8 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Washington and his army spent the winter of 1777-1778 here.

• Coal Valley

• Grass Valley

• Valley of the Kings

• Valley Forge

Washington ordered his men to cut down trees to build cabins. Until they were built, he slept in a freezing tent just like everyone else.

• True

• False

He spent the winter training the Continental Army.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• General Washington

• Baron von Steuben

• Alexander Hamilton

He went to France and urged the French to send more aid to the colonies.

• Baron von Steuben

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

______, typhus, and other diseases broke out.

• Chicken Pox

• Small pox

• Influenza

• Mumps

Soldiers hands and feet turned _____ from frostbite.

• black

• blue

• white

• red

______ asked Congress, "What is to become of the army this winter?"

• Jefferson

• Lafayette

• Washington

• Baron von Steuben

Around _____ soldiers died from disease, lack of food, and the cold.

• 2,000

• 200

• 500

• 2,500

About ____ horses died during the winter at Valley Forge.

• 50

• 5,000

• 500

• 5

Bread and flour was often the only available food.

• True

• False