Benedict Arnold Essay, Research Paper

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Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold was one of the important figures in the American

Revolution. He began as a patriot, and soon later married a loyalist. Benedict

Arnold also offered to be a British spy. When he was captured by pirates, he

escaped and left his British contact to be hanged. As the war finished,

Benedict Arnold was hated by both the loyalists, and the Patriots for leaving

behind his contact.

In the early stage of the American revolution, Benedict Arnold was

thought to be a very capable general. He showed unusual physical strength

and extraordinary endurance.

Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741, in Connecticuts, James

River. He had a lot to live up to. His father (Benedict Arnold III) was one of

Connecticuts most bountiful ship owners, and his grandfather was the

governor of Rhode Island.

As a boy, Benedict Arnold took boarding school at Canterbury in

Connecticuts. He soon became apprentice to apothecary Daniel Lathrop.

Daniel Lathrop’s wife treated Arnold as her own son. When Arnold turned

sixteen, he got permission to go with the witch troops to defend Fort Wilson

Henry at Lake George. But by the time he arrived the emergency was over.

When he reached the age of 21, Benedict Arnold moved to New

Haver. He became a book seller. Like a lot of other American merchants,

Arnold was a smuggler. Arnold soon married a lady named Margaret

Mansfield, who had given Arnold 3 sons. She died on June 19, 1779. Later

Arnold remarried another lady named Margaret Shipper. she gave birth to 5

children.

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