How did the winter at Valley Forge cause the Revolution to begin

smallpox could have changed the results of the American Revolution. During the winter at Valley Forge, George Washington decided to begin inoculating soldiers. This likely saved enough troops that it was decisive in their ability to go on to win the war.

Explanation:

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”