Arnold played an important role in the American revolution, as Paul A. Hutton Prof. of history in University of New Mexico says, “to the average American, Arnold and traitor mean the same thing” . Arnold was the man who led the New Haven minute men in 1775, later on Arnold was given an army and along with the Green Mountain boys and Ethan Allen he successfully took Fort Ticonderoga. Arnold was also the man who sold his allegiance to the enemy ( the British) for 20,000 pounds!
Benedict Arnold was notoriously known for being a traitor during the American Revolution was born Norwich, Connecticut to a wealthy family, but was later left bankrupt due to his fathers carless drinking habit, making Benedict Arnold more or less a self-made man. His …show more content…
In the “March of Quebec” Arnold led about 1,000 men up the Kennebec river where Arnold says “you would’ve taken the men for amphibious animals as they were a great part of the time under water” October 1775. Once Arnold and his men passed the troubles of the journey, it looked as though his plan just might be a success. Arnold planned to surprise Quebec along with Montgomery’s group attacking from the other side. Unfortunately, Montgomery died from attacks of the British and his men never followed through with the plan which left unknowing Arnold to go in by himself and was smashed by the British who already now knew of the plan. The British pushed Arnold and his men back through the border to New York. Arnold was put in charge of Lake Champlain with the British on the Northern part and the Americans on the southern, Arnold sailed north as the British sailed south meeting in the middle, where the battle of Valcour Island then took place. The Americans had no experienced sailors so Arnold took it upon himself to be both admiral and position the cannons. He says “I was obliged to point most of the guns onboard the congress, which I believe did good execution” Benedict Arnold. Benedict independently did tremendous damage on the British, sending them home! Despite everything he did, giving us a break from the war for a couple of months, the