Benefits

 Rena Chan

 Why should I join? Don't you hate the British and their taxes they force on us? Do you want **FREEDOM** ? __The British shouldn't be able to continue controlling us.__ We deserve the rights to live peacefully! Who else besides us can fight for our own country's independence? We won the Battle of Trenton, so __**JOIN NOW**__, and help lead us to victory again and again!

// **What could I possibly receive in return for my services? In fact, why should I even join at all?** //

__** Being in the Continental Army would mean... **__ • being able to brag when you win battles! • that you have a chance of working at a higher post (more authority), depending on your skills and relationships and connections. • you can use new/newly-repaired items,  such as horses, tents, boats, and harnesses. • that the necessities and weapons will be provided for you. (You won't have to spend a dime!) • helping all the other colonists fight for independence from Britain. • being respected for what you do. • helping everyone, including your own family, have a better life.

So why not join us now ? You don't even have to be a foot soldier; there're other jobs in the army. As General Washington said, "**Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.**"

APPARTS - Hessian Account: "As stated, I and several officers dined with General Washington. He did me the honor of conversing extensively with me concerning the unfortunate affair. As I frankly spoke my opinion, that our dispositions had been bad and otherwise we would not have fallen into his hands, he asked me how I would have made them. So I replied, mentioning the mistakes to him, showed what I would have done, and how I would have escaped this situation with honor. He not only applauded these but addressed praise to me about them and for my alertness and defenses with the few men of my picket on the morning of the attack. –Weiderholdt (Hessian)"

APPARTS - Colonist Account: "The ice continually stuck to the boats driving them down stream[;]the boatmen, to clear off the ice, pounded the boats and, stamping their feet, beckoned the prisoners to do the same, and they all set to jumping at once with their cues [ponytails] flying up and down...sticking straight back like the handle of an iron skillet. –Lt. Elisha Bostwick"