The Treason of Benedict Arnold...pride credit for actions fort ticonderoga quebec (1:53) montreal...
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The Treason of Benedict Arnold
Transcript of The Treason of Benedict Arnold...pride credit for actions fort ticonderoga quebec (1:53) montreal...
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
