Monday, October 28. George Washington had been impatient since his departure from Philadelphia in early September. When he left the stricken city, he had put Secretary of War Henry Knox in charge of the government, giving the former general clear instructions to report to him weekly concerning the spread of yellow fever. But after a few days' close contact with the pestilence, Knox found that his warrior instinct had abandoned him. He closed up his house and fled across New Jersey to Manhattan Island. What is the most likely reason the story begins with this cause-and-effect relationship?

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Jayden Casey

4 March, 10:22

Monday, October 28. George Washington had been impatient since his departure from Philadelphia in early September. When he left the stricken city, he had put Secretary of War Henry Knox in charge of the government, giving the former general clear instructions to report to him weekly concerning the spread of yellow fever. But after a few days' close contact with the pestilence, Knox found that his warrior instinct had abandoned him. He closed up his house and fled across New Jersey to Manhattan Island. What is the most likely reason the story begins with this cause-and-effect relationship?

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Jeramiah Mendoza · Answer 1

George Washington knew how scary the disease was.

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Reyna Lamb · Answer 2

The most likely reason the story begins is the danger of yellow fever pandemic, which broke out in Philadelphia in 1793 and killed approximately 5,000 people countrywide by the time it ended. Even George Washington knew how scary the disease was. He wrote to Knox a letter that told him to leave if he believed it was necessary.