In my opinion, I think it was because they didn’t really know what to call themselves, because they couldn’t be called British, they demolished them, but they technically they ARE British, and they can’t be called something that officially surrendered to them. It would be like your name is Bob, but then you’re told that you’re actually a different name, but they don’t tell you what your actual name is, you CAN call yourself Freddy, but you don’t know if you SHOULD.  At end, they simply didn’t know what to call themselves,  at least they didn’t call themselves the United States of Fredington Jr.”

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In my opinion, it would be the Harsh Winter at Valley Forge, because it proved that the colonists had what it takes to win their own liberty. Because, if you got embarrassed at almost every battle and then go freeze in -25 degree weather and demolish your opponent to the point of surrendering after that, that means that you got tougher in the freezing weather. I know that almost all they did was sit around a fire the size of a candle, freeze, get sick, and hope for food and some nice warm boots, they got transformed from farmer boys who deliver your morning paper, to strong and fit for a good serving of battle, then almost dying HELPS. And, if an organized, experienced army who stayed the winter nice and toasty being well-fed actually CAN lose to paper boys and farmers who hadn’t had feeling in their toes for MONTHS and ate three hard biscuits and cold beef stew, amazing what a nice, winter with -25 degree weather can isn’t it? In conclusion, those who survived the winter had the better of it, if there WAS a better side.

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Here this guy I’m supposed to be related to, named William, explains just how bad it is there, and how you barely get any mail, or even clean socks! It makes me shiver just THINKING about using your last match to make a fire the size of an apple, and huddling around a spark that has a REALLY slim chance of catching fire, and if it does, it’s going to go out in about five seconds if you’re lucky. Also think about only eating hard biscuits once a day, I barely make ’till two o’ clock since lunch, even if I eat 2 sandwiches, 2 packs of Swiss Rolls, a couple apples and a packet of Ritz Crackers! And, the farmers wouldn’t give you some food for the $2.50 you have at the end of December! Poor doctors, they had about 400 BAJILLION patients, and they were probably sick too! It was a tough winter, I bet they couldn’t wait ’till spring!