The Treason of Benedict Arnold

OVERVIEW

EARLY LIFE

FAMILY

EDUCATION

MILITARY

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

ISSUES

➢MONEY

➢PRIDE

➢CREDIT FOR ACTIONS

➢FORT TICONDEROGA

➢QUEBEC (1:53)

➢MONTREAL

➢FREEMAN’S FARM

➢BEMIS HEIGHTS

➢SCHEMES

PHILADELPHIA

❖POWER

❖PRESTIGE

❖NEED FOR CASH

❖HIGH SOCIETY

❖COURTS MARTIAL

PEGGY SHIPPEN

▪ UPBRINGING

▪ FATHER’S INFLUENCE

▪ LOVE INTERESTS

▪ HER INFLUENCE

THE SCHEMEoPLAYERS

o JOHN ANDRE

oWILLIAM FRANKLIN

o JOSEPH STANSBURY

oTARGETS

oWEST POINT

o HUDSON RIVER

o GENERAL WASHINGTON

HOPES AND DREAMS

• MONETARY

• MILITARY

• TITLE

• LAND

THE PLOT UNFOLDS

• MEETING WITH MAJOR ANDRE

• ANDRE’S CAPTURE

• ARNOLD’S ESCAPE

• PEGGY’S ROLE

• GENERAL WASHINGTON’S REACTION

• http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/index-people.html

ARNOLD IN THE BRITISH UNIFORM

• GENERAL WASHINGTON’S PLOT

• Oops.

• THE PLAN FOR HIS CAPTURE

• “THE LEFT LEG”

• VIRGINIA

AFTER THE WAR

• ENGLAND

• CANADA

• LIFE AND DEATH IN EXILE

LEGACY

• IN AMERICAN HISTORY

• IN BRITISH HISTORY