The+war+continues

=__Winter at Valley Forge 1778:__= =Washington and his troops suffered in the cold. They had lacked food, clothes and shelter. A man named Joseph Martin a young private from connecticut stayed at Valley Forge. He said the people did not have any strength or courage anymore. He made moccasins for himself and didn't care about the others. Some of the men escaped without permission. But, George Washington kept the when stong and encouraged them by saying that the british and french join alliance and that they could defeat them. George's wife, Martha made clothes for the troops and took care of the ill. When, it became spring they were ready to fight, because washington believed in his troops.=

=help from over seas.... = **when he came to Phillidelphia he asked General George Washington to be his aide. he was a trusted ally ever since. two other people were in the war. a former german officer that trained the army in Valley Forge. his name was Freidich Von Steuben. the other person was Juan De Miralles. he sent financial aide to the colonies and befriended patriot leaders. he also, lent money to a worthy cause. **
 * one of the biggest generals in the American Revolution was Marquis De Layfette. he bought a ship and sailed to America. while he was here, he wrote to his family in france that said: **
 * "the future of America is closely bound up with the future of mankind" **

Money problems $$ : Getting money to finance the war was a major problem. Contin﻿ental Congress had no power to raise money through taxes. Congress and states printed hundreds of millions of dollers worth of paper money. But the bills quickly lost their value because no one would use it. That lead to inflation. The americans had no other way to finance the fighting of their war for independence. =__Hope for Equality:__= =Governor William Livingston in 1778, of New Jersey, asked legislatures to free ensalved americans in the state. African Americans had the same arguement since the wars from the beginning.It was the first state to start freedom for african americans.=