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<span>B) He trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
The problem that the army had was that they didn't have any training unlike their opponents who not only had a great military tradition, but also great generals. Baron von Steuben was of great importance because the helped the army learn how to fight and things like that that were necessary.</span>
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The "Trent", the "Alabama" and the "Laird Shipyard" incidents all helped to convince England to remain neutral. This was an incident which happened during the Civil War. England was supposed to remain neutral, however they built Confederate ships. Nevertheless, these ships were never used as England was routinely encouraged not involve itself in the war.