All 5 Uses of
Benedict Arnold
in
John Adams by McCullough
- An American assault on Quebec led by Colonels Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold had failed.†
Subsection 1.1.1 *
- In September General Benedict Arnold had conspired to commit treason, to turn over the fortress at West Point to the British, and when found out, defected to the enemy.†
Subsection 2.5.2
- The traitor Benedict Arnold led a sudden, daring raid on Richmond, and with the advance of spring, the British under Cornwallis swept through the state almost at will, scattering the legislature to the hills and very nearly capturing the governor.†
Subsection 2.6.3
- Through the years of the war Sewall hadtaken heart from every American defeat, every report of dissension in the American army, and from the news of Benedict Arnold's return to his proper allegiances.†
Subsection 2.7.1
- At tea following church, another guest would recount, topics of conversation could range from religion, politics, and literature, to Mrs. Siddons, Shakespeare, and Benedict Arnold.†
Subsection 3.11.3
Definition:
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(Benedict Arnold) general who betrayed the U.S. in the Revolutionary War and whose name is, to this day, synonymous with the word traitor (1741-1801)