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Vor 6 Tagen · Benedict Arnold was an American military officer who served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he began colluding with the British. He eventually, in 1781, led British forces in an attack on New London, Connecticut, and his name became a byword for traitor.
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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. Mai 2024 · May 20, 2024 • By Aaron Stoyack, BA History, Museum Studies Minor. Benedict Arnold’s betrayal of his compatriots in favor of the British made his name synonymous with treason in American culture. However, the impact of his treachery is minimal relative to its presence in collective memory.
15. Mai 2024 · 764 subscribers. 0. No views 5 minutes ago. Explore the dramatic transformation of Benedict Arnold, one of the most infamous figures of the American Revolution, from a revered war hero to a...
Vor 4 Tagen · McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of alleged communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1] .
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Vor einem Tag · Alexander Hamilton's opposition to the Bill of Rights, from Federalist No. 84. Prior to the ratification and implementation of the United States Constitution, the thirteen sovereign states followed the Articles of Confederation, created by the Second Continental Congress and ratified in 1781. However, the national government that operated under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to ...
Vor 5 Tagen · American civil rights movement, mass protest against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern U.S. that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s. Its roots were in the centuries-long efforts of enslaved Africans and their descendants to abolish slavery and resist racial oppression.
