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28 de may. de 2024 · Benedict Arnold (1741–1801) was an American officer who served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he shifted his allegiance to the British. His name became an epithet for traitor in the United States.
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- Benedict Arnold was a patriot officer who served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he shifted his allegiance to the British.
- Benedict Arnold betrayed the Continental Army to the British when he made secret overtures to British headquarters in May 1779 and, a year later, i...
- Benedict Arnold was unhappy with his position in the Continental Army by the time he betrayed the cause of the American Revolution to the British....
- After Benedict Arnold betrayed the Continental Army, his British contact, Major John André, was captured by the Americans and hanged as a spy while...
- “Benedict Arnold” is an epithet for “traitor” in the United States; calling a person a “Benedict Arnold” implies that they are a traitor.
20 de may. de 2024 · Arnold met Peggy Shippen, daughter of a wealthy Loyalist, at one of these social functions. Peggy was only eighteen and Benedict thirty-seven when they met. He went into debt courting her and gaining her father’s approval for their marriage. Peggy introduced him to Major John André.
28 de may. de 2024 · As the War for Independence waged on, American General Benedict Arnold struggled to cope with increasing financial debt and injury. He had taken massive loans to marry the beautiful Peggy Shippen, and received a bullet in the leg in battle.
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9 de may. de 2024 · Peggy was the daughter of a judge suspected to be a Loyalist and was a Loyalist herself. She was the go-between for her husband and Major John André, the spy chief of British General Henry Clinton, and played a huge role in the conspiracy to sell the plans for West Point to the British.
15 de may. de 2024 · Catalog: "Reveals the true story of Peggy Shippen, Benedict Arnold's wife and socialite who used her connections within both American and British society to help her husband, Benedict Arnold, and friend, John Andre, plot against the colonists during the Revolutionary War."
Hace 5 días · Its purpose is to teach its viewers about the origins of the United States. Like the earlier cartoon mini-series This Is America, Charlie Brown, Liberty's Kids tells of young people in dramas surrounding the major events in the Revolutionary War days.
14 de may. de 2024 · Peggy Shippen, AAUW Salem Branch Public Policy Chair In the middle is crew supervisor, Milan, giving instructions. AAUW presented a plaque honoring donors and participants in this unique project. Peggy did the unveiling and read what was on the plaque.
