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Colonial Life
Henry Sherwood lived a pretty normal life before he went to Connecticut. Henry Sherwood was an only child because his brothers and sisters all died at a very young age, sadly his mother also die when she was giving berth to him. Her name was Julia Jackson (that was her maiden name) Sherwood. It was just he and his dad.

Henry was born into a rich-ish Christian family in Great Britain more specifically England. Henry had every thing that he wanted and needed to lead a successful life, he had a good education a butler etc. His father also thought him business when he was 15. Jacob Joseph Sherwood was his name. His father was the best watch maker in England and owned a very successful watch store. Henry was going to take over the shop when his father died or could not work anymore. But before that happened his fathers business plummeted and closed down because everyone seemed to have a watch. His dad died shortly afterword from a heart attack caused by depression. Henry suddenly found himself alone and did not know what to do. After a couple years he ran out of money and was on the verge to go to debtors prison.

Henry had no intention on going to debtors prison so he hopped on the soonest ship to the new world. When Henry finally got to the new world he felt like he had been on the ship for years when it had only been a couple months. Henry seemed to have landed in New Haven, Connecticut. Henry got a job at a shipyard building and repairing ships. He also bought a small Apartment in the city with the money he had left. After a couple years Henry got very, very good at making ship, so he started his own ship building company with his fathers business teaching helping him along the way. Soon the company got quite big and from the 10 people he started with now he had at least 100 men working for him. Henry was soon able to buy a reasonable sized house for himself.

Revolution
**Topic:** Winter at Valley Forge

**Source:** Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: the United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.

**Notes:** “…France came into the war as an ally of the United States. The French Government sent money, weapons, troops, and warships to the Americans. Spain also entered the war against Britain.” (Hart 94)

“…every man a gill [a few ounces] of rice and a table spoon of vinegar! The army was not only starved but naked…not only shirtless and barefoot, but destitute of [without] all other clothing, especially blankets.” (Hart 94)

Troops had no food because most farmers rather sell food to the british, they paid them in gold. Merchants had also raised the prices of uniforms and blankets.

Baron Friedrich von Steuben (volunteer from Prussia) was put in charge of training by Washington. He drilled them continually and therefore they got stronger every day.

Marquis de Lafayette (volunteer from France) was one of the richest people in france at the time, and bought supplies for the army with his own personal money.

**Topic:** Winter at Valley Forge

**Source:** Marshall-Dutcher, Joan. "The Winter At Valley Forge." //americanrevwar//. Ronald W. McGranahan, 11 Sept. 2001. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <[|__http://americanrevwar.homestead__].com/files/INDEX2.HTM#time>

**Notes:** "On February 23, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben, arrived at Valley Forge to offer his military skills to the patriot cause. Washington assigned him the duties of Acting Inspector General and gave him the task of developing and carrying out a practical training program."

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">"Foreign officers were an essential part of the [|__Continental Army__] . They provided military skills which the Americans lacked. Some, including Steuben, the Marquis de Lafayette and the Baron de Kalb came as volunteers. Kalb quickly proved himself to Washington and Congress commissioned him a major general. Lafayette was given the command of a division of Virginia light troops in December 1777 and later took command of additional troops.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Soldiers could be as young as 12 and up to their 50’s and 60’s

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">What men would mostly eat was “firecake” made of water and flower

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Each man had few possessions and these he carried with him. His musket -- by far the most popular weapon -- a cartouche or cartridge box. If he had neither, the infantryman carried a powder horn, hunting bag and bullet pouch. His knapsack or haversack held his extra clothing (if he was fortunate enough to have any), a blanket, a plate and spoon,knife, fork and tumbler.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">While the majority were white, the army included both Negroes and American Indians.

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> HFC Story Outline (Winter at Valley Forge)
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Exposition
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Just won battle in Saratoga Springs on the Hudson River. Looking for a place to stay in the countryside
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Rising Action
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Find Valley Forge. Don’t have resorces to survive the whole winter
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Climax
 * 6) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">People are dying. Need relief fast.
 * 7) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Falling Action
 * 8) <span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Marquis de Lafayette and Baron Friedrich von Steuben come and help the solders survive through the winter
 * 9) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">Dénouement
 * 10) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">We make it through the winter

I want the reader to know what if felt like at winter in Valley Forge from a social stand point.