Trade was the motivating factor. The silk road accross Asia was besieged by bandits & required bribes to a number of nations to transport goods to & from Asia. Therefore a sea route would be a much safer & less expensive means of getting trade goods to & from Asia.
Answer:
D) Washington chose the site because it allowed him to defend the Continental Congress which was then meeting in York, Pennsylvania following the British capture of Philadelphia.
Explanation:
During the winter of 1777, General George Washington and 12,000 poorly-fed, ill-equipped Continental soldiers suffered through starvation, disease, and exposure at their winter camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. By the end of February 1778, over 2,500 of his men had died. which is the BEST explanation for why Washington selected Valley Forge as the location for his army's winter camp?
Washington chose the site because it allowed him to defend the Continental Congress which was then meeting in York, Pennsylvania following the British capture of Philadelphia and though no battle was fought at Valley Forge, it was the turning point of the Revolutionary War, this site provide advance notice of any attack against his troop.
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