Benedict Arnold Betrayal
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By 1779 he began secret negotiation with the British to surrender the US at west-point.
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He resigned from the continental army in 1777.
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He became a military governor in Philadelphia.
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an American Revolutionary War general best known for his defection from the Continental Army to the British Side.
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Lost 3 of his children to yellow fever.
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Arnold became prosperous, but grew with frustration with the British trade restriction and taxes.
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Joined the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization opposed to Parliament's taxing laws.
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January of 1801, Arnold's health began to decline. He died June 14, 1801 at the age of go and is buried at St. Mary's Church in Battersea, London.
Facts
Benedict Arnold
Born: January 14, 1741
Died: June 14, 1801
Intro:
Benedict Arnold was a general during the Revolutionary war. He was a crucial piece in the Americans win at Saratoga and At the fort of Ticonderoga. He did not feel that he received the recognition that he deserved so he resign from his position. General Gorge Washington urged him to reconsider so he came back. He was injured in a battle so he had to leave the field and took a position as military governor and this is when his plans for betrayal started.
As the military governor he was accused of using his position for a personal profit. These accusations ended up being correct. He gained a substantial debt and he had a plan to get out of it. By 1779 he started to talk to the British to surrender West point and he gave them the supply routes of the Continental army. Arnold's chief intermediary, British Major John Andre was caught crossing the American a British lines. After hearing this Arnold left the country and went to the enemy side He received a handsome payment and left the army after the treaty of Paris was signed.
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He married twice, first to Margret Mansfield and then to Peggy Shippen, she was the daughter of a loyalest.
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Arnold was providing the British with troop locations, as well as the locations of supply depots.
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Andre was captured carrying papers details revealing Arnold's role in the west-point surrender plot. this evidence was sent to George Washington.
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Arnold fled downriver and crossed British lines; Andre later was hung at Tappan, New York.
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Arnold and his son, Richard, moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where they established the West Indies Trade.
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Arnold continued to trade with the West Indies during the French and Indian Revolution, and was imprisoned by French authorities for a short time on suspicion of spying.
Betrayal: