<span>1PRELIMINARY RESEARCH </span><span>2FORMULATING A WORKING HYPOTHESIS </span><span>3RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT OR REJECT THE WORKING HYPOTHESIS </span>4<span>FORMULATING A THESIS STATEMENT 5</span><span>RECONSTRUCTING THE PAST- WRITING THE HISTORICAL ESSAY</span>
valley forge was significant during the American Revolution because of the amount that died from disease and how they stayed loyal and kept fighting despite that