Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold changed the military hero from a great patriot to a rebellious traitor. Benedict Arnold is the only person in our history that has become both military heroes. He is known as a traitor in my country, but without a courageous effort in the fight against British troops, our country may save the Queen without singing the national anthem. He finally beat him with zeal to beat the enemy. What is the turning point of this patriot's career? The battle of Saratoga was a series of battles took place in New York from June 1777 to October.

Benedict Arnold: At the beginning of the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold was an American hero, an outstanding general who fought bravely in several intense fights. By the end of the war he ordered the British troops against the failed generals who were "traitorous" and traitorous in his previous army, history. Madly with the lack of recognition of his military genius, Arnold offered a British pound in exchange for £ 20,000, and overlooking the Hudson River in New York and systematically weakening the defense of strategic fortifications It was. However his plan was soon revealed and contact with Arnold's British army, Major John Andre was caught by the US Army and hanged. Arnold ran away to the British frigate ship, and the United Kingdom did not really trust him, but he was ordered by the UK. After the war he and his wife went to England where he was the most famous traitor in American history.

On October 2, 1780, Americans hanged John Andre. He is considered an "eye of the eye." The second sight was that they lost Benedict Arnold in England. Benedict Arnold has made British lose a good general at John André, and proved to be very useless in his British military career. After Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown in October 1781, Arnold and his wife Peggie moved to England. Their life is very simple. However, in the second half of his life, Benedict was seriously health hazard; asthma and gout bothered him. Finally, on June 14, 1801, the suffering of Benedict Arnold was over. He was buried in the basement of St. Mary of Battersea.

Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut. Arnold 's father was a successful businessman and young Benedict was educated at a private school. After his three children died of yellow fever, Benedictine senior began to drink alcoholily and fell into the era of economic difficulties. Little Benedict left school and was emulated by a pharmacist. In 1757, a 16-year-old Benedict Arnold joined and flew the French north of New York. Two years later, his father and sister took responsibility after the mother's yellow fever death. His sad father was arrested repeatedly drinking alcohol before the death of 1761.