Question

Write two or three sentences explaining whom the author credits for not only the survival but the toughness and strength of the American soldiers at Valley Forge. Support your answer with textual evidence.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

While conditions were notoriously cold and harsh and provisions were in short supply, it was at the winter camp where George Washington proved his mettle and, with the help of former Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben, transformed a battered Continental Army into a unified, world-class fighting force capable of beating the British.