Benedict Arnold: The American Revolution

“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes for your enemies. It comes from friends and loved ones.” Thus was never truer than in war. America has had many wars, and the American Revolution was only the beginning. The American Revolution was probably the biggest war because it declared our independence. During the American Revolution there were many traitors and spies. There was one big spy and soon to be traitor to the Americans. Benedict Arnold was a huge hero to many of the patriots and many looked up to him. Little did they know he was making a plan for the patriots to fail at West Point. Because Benedict Arnold’s plan was discovered by the patriots, the British were at a great disadvantage during the American Revolution and this led to the birth of a new nation.
Back then no one really knew about his secret life back then. Why did Benedict Arnold make a plan? Arnold made his plan because it would give him a ticket to a leader in the British. What was the plan that he made? The plan was on West Point and how the render it useless. How would his plan help the British? The British would have West Point the free roam of the Hudson River. That is how and why Benedict Arnold made his plan for the