The American Revolution: Benedict Arnold and Key Battles
The American Revolution began with conflicts like the Battle of Bunker Hill and the engagements at Lexington and Concord. Benedict Arnold's role in capturing Fort Ticonderoga and his later betrayal, along with the strategic Crossing of the Delaware and the pivotal Battles of Trenton and Princeton, were significant events that shaped the course of the war.
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THE WAR BEGINS The American Revolution
The Beginning Although the Declaration of Independence was not signed until July or August of 1776, the war had been going on for about a year The Battle of Bunker Hill had taken place in 1775 as did Lexington and Concord There were several other altercations between the British and the colonists
Benedict Arnold Helped take Fort Ticonderoga from the unsuspecting British along with Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Tried to take Quebec in a snow storm and failed Helped in a few other battles but never really received the credit he thought he deserved for any of them
Turncoat -1780 Having been injured twice on the same leg, Arnold took the position of military governor in Philadelphia in 1778 Arnold married a young woman whose father was suspected of British loyalties Soon Arnold was in debt from his lavish lifestyle Arnold began traitorous negotiations with the British to hand over West Point in New York A British spy was caught and the papers he carried revealed Arnold s treachery He escaped to the British side before being caught
Battles of Trenton and Princeton After he took Trenton, Washington was surrounded by the troops of Charles Cornwallis Cornwallis blocked the Delaware in case Washington was going to try to leave the same way he had come Instead, Washington ordered the campfires to be kept lit by a few men while the rest snuck around the British army and headed north to Princeton The Continental army was victorious
