12 Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. I am now convinced, beyond a doubt that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place... this Army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things. Starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can; rest assured Sir this is not an exaggerated picture. . . . —General George Washington, letter to the Continental Congress, December 23, 1777 Which of the following prompted General Washington to write this letter?

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