Benedict ArnoldEssay Preview: Benedict ArnoldReport this essayBenedict ArnoldNo other American is remembered to the same extent as Benedict Arnold. He was considered a brave soldier, a patriot, and also a traitor to the United States of America. Was he treated unfairly during the Revolutionary War by America or did he choose to change sides and join with the British for financial reasons? This is the question we will explore in this paper.
Benedict was born in Norwich, CT on January 14, 1741 (B Arnold). Arnold went to school in Canterbury. He was a rebellious kid who would try anything. When he was 14 years old, Benedict ran away from home to fight in the French and Indian War. He deserted the war effort but was not charged with anything because he was so young (B Arnold). Arnold came back and worked with his cousin in the pharmacy trade as an apprentice. In 1762 he moved to New Haven, CT where he opened a book and drug store. He was also involved with trade in the West Indies (B Arnold). In 1767 he married Margaret Mansfield, the sheriffs daughter and they had 3 sons together. Prior to the Revolutionary War, Arnold had become a wealthy businessman and owned several ships for trading and commerce.
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Many people in the United States remember Benedict as a sort of political boy. A politician. There are many different types of politician. For example President Lincoln would probably give Benedict a nickname. Some people think that he was a politician on account of how he got around.
The name Benedict is taken from the Latin ‘benedictus’ which literally means ‘breath of air’. bedicinus would be the epithet (B Edward ). Benedict was not a political man. He was just a man of the family that lived just outside of the Hudson Valley. He worked in the trade of tobacco and other things he did to support his family. He was a good natured and kind man. However Benedict was known most people in the family and for his opposition to the American Revolution that he was sometimes treated as a traitor. He was said to be an outspoken man who had been accused of ‘hooliganism’, including, but not limited to, treason against the United States.
2 Benedict’s father was a law clerk from New York for 15 years, before becoming a court lawyer. He went to Albany, NY (where Benedict worked) and was very successful there. In 1789 he married Emma and they have 1 son (Benedict). There is even rumors that he is dating Emma’s son.
In 1790 when Benedict decided to leave the country and join the Continental Army, it was decided to send three hundred troops to the war fields in Iowa to aid him. He left the army and joined a political party. He is now remembered as a strongman on military affairs and as a leader who always opposed the British and his wife and a hero to the cause of freedom.
2 John F. Campbell, Jr., is a professor of political science at Bowling Green University, New York. He wrote: ” ” John W. Campbell was a hard-edged defender of the British Crown and its role in world affairs, including the most aggressive military engagement of his life.” He is best-known in the academic world for his efforts to protect democratic rights and civil rights in the Middle East until the end of the war (1992)
In the aftermath of 9/11 Benedict suffered many personal and professional losses. One of these was his love of drugs.
He was a drug addict and a war criminal, and his daughter said that he could get a DUI or a murder conviction in an event of war, that the government of the United States was trying to get rid of him. His wife, Emma, was also a member of the clergy, and his son Thomas had also served as a member to the Constitutional Convention.
Benedict would go to prison, with many problems. He suffered from a broken leg.
Benson, R J. The Battle of St. James’ Bay, 1740-1815 in the French War: Lessons from the Story of the Battles of Trent, the Battle of St. Peters and the Battle of St. Quentin. University of Illinois Press, New York, 1988. p. 27, ISBN 0 068143914 (see page 50 of article).
Benson was a prolific trader, a prominent critic and the only man in the world to have been on an expedition to a major river from an unspecified point on. In 1742 he traveled from England to the Holy Roman Empire, but was not given an official entry in the British government. As a result of this, he did not be recognized as a genuine expert on the English war effort. In order to earn an official entry in the British government, he applied for a diplomatic license on March 20, 1744, and then he moved to Oxford, England. In the new year and a half he was also awarded the title of “Treacherous Master” by his old master, Thomas Long, chief commissioner-general of British commerce. This title still belongs to him, but he was replaced as chief by his new master by the summer of 1745. (At this juncture, the English Empire appeared suddenly in the western direction of the French War; but in 1748 Long was no longer the foremost “treacherous man,” and for many months the English crown court refused to recognize him from the throne. He remained a regular visitor to court.) Shortly after Long’s election in 1749 to the Roman pontificate, British diplomats were summoned to the embassy in London by Prince Charles, and in what is now called the “St. James’ Bay Treaty”, they agreed to grant him diplomatic access to the British territory of Stemmour. (This treaty passed in 1750: “The French ambassador in London, with a view towards its ratification, asked the King of Germany to agree to this Treaty, after which the English representatives in Rome could not accept it.”) The Treaty agreed to the French side only to make sure that it could be ratified by the whole country. This is the reason why, as with long line of official relations, the French ambassadors were not allowed access to the St. James’ Bay Treaty: they merely took it for granted.[15]
Benson’s position became known in the 1750s when his wife was invited to speak on the occasion of the start of the French Revolution. This invitation only came about because the Pope summoned her and her husband to Westminster Abbey. Although he was an honest man, he was not able to participate in the debate of the English peace treaties and instead, when the King returned to England on the 3rd of December, 1751, refused his request to allow her to speak. (Although this is perhaps partially due to the political nature of these events, the subsequent British refusal to allow her willowy way into Parliament the right to speak
Benson, R J. The Battle of St. James’ Bay, 1740-1815 in the French War: Lessons from the Story of the Battles of Trent, the Battle of St. Peters and the Battle of St. Quentin. University of Illinois Press, New York, 1988. p. 27, ISBN 0 068143914 (see page 50 of article).
Benson was a prolific trader, a prominent critic and the only man in the world to have been on an expedition to a major river from an unspecified point on. In 1742 he traveled from England to the Holy Roman Empire, but was not given an official entry in the British government. As a result of this, he did not be recognized as a genuine expert on the English war effort. In order to earn an official entry in the British government, he applied for a diplomatic license on March 20, 1744, and then he moved to Oxford, England. In the new year and a half he was also awarded the title of “Treacherous Master” by his old master, Thomas Long, chief commissioner-general of British commerce. This title still belongs to him, but he was replaced as chief by his new master by the summer of 1745. (At this juncture, the English Empire appeared suddenly in the western direction of the French War; but in 1748 Long was no longer the foremost “treacherous man,” and for many months the English crown court refused to recognize him from the throne. He remained a regular visitor to court.) Shortly after Long’s election in 1749 to the Roman pontificate, British diplomats were summoned to the embassy in London by Prince Charles, and in what is now called the “St. James’ Bay Treaty”, they agreed to grant him diplomatic access to the British territory of Stemmour. (This treaty passed in 1750: “The French ambassador in London, with a view towards its ratification, asked the King of Germany to agree to this Treaty, after which the English representatives in Rome could not accept it.”) The Treaty agreed to the French side only to make sure that it could be ratified by the whole country. This is the reason why, as with long line of official relations, the French ambassadors were not allowed access to the St. James’ Bay Treaty: they merely took it for granted.[15]
Benson’s position became known in the 1750s when his wife was invited to speak on the occasion of the start of the French Revolution. This invitation only came about because the Pope summoned her and her husband to Westminster Abbey. Although he was an honest man, he was not able to participate in the debate of the English peace treaties and instead, when the King returned to England on the 3rd of December, 1751, refused his request to allow her to speak. (Although this is perhaps partially due to the political nature of these events, the subsequent British refusal to allow her willowy way into Parliament the right to speak
Benson, R J. The Battle of St. James’ Bay, 1740-1815 in the French War: Lessons from the Story of the Battles of Trent, the Battle of St. Peters and the Battle of St. Quentin. University of Illinois Press, New York, 1988. p. 27, ISBN 0 068143914 (see page 50 of article).
Benson was a prolific trader, a prominent critic and the only man in the world to have been on an expedition to a major river from an unspecified point on. In 1742 he traveled from England to the Holy Roman Empire, but was not given an official entry in the British government. As a result of this, he did not be recognized as a genuine expert on the English war effort. In order to earn an official entry in the British government, he applied for a diplomatic license on March 20, 1744, and then he moved to Oxford, England. In the new year and a half he was also awarded the title of “Treacherous Master” by his old master, Thomas Long, chief commissioner-general of British commerce. This title still belongs to him, but he was replaced as chief by his new master by the summer of 1745. (At this juncture, the English Empire appeared suddenly in the western direction of the French War; but in 1748 Long was no longer the foremost “treacherous man,” and for many months the English crown court refused to recognize him from the throne. He remained a regular visitor to court.) Shortly after Long’s election in 1749 to the Roman pontificate, British diplomats were summoned to the embassy in London by Prince Charles, and in what is now called the “St. James’ Bay Treaty”, they agreed to grant him diplomatic access to the British territory of Stemmour. (This treaty passed in 1750: “The French ambassador in London, with a view towards its ratification, asked the King of Germany to agree to this Treaty, after which the English representatives in Rome could not accept it.”) The Treaty agreed to the French side only to make sure that it could be ratified by the whole country. This is the reason why, as with long line of official relations, the French ambassadors were not allowed access to the St. James’ Bay Treaty: they merely took it for granted.[15]
Benson’s position became known in the 1750s when his wife was invited to speak on the occasion of the start of the French Revolution. This invitation only came about because the Pope summoned her and her husband to Westminster Abbey. Although he was an honest man, he was not able to participate in the debate of the English peace treaties and instead, when the King returned to England on the 3rd of December, 1751, refused his request to allow her to speak. (Although this is perhaps partially due to the political nature of these events, the subsequent British refusal to allow her willowy way into Parliament the right to speak
Benson, R J. The Battle of St. James’ Bay, 1740-1815 in the French War: Lessons from the Story of the Battles of Trent, the Battle of St. Peters and the Battle of St. Quentin. University of Illinois Press, New York, 1988. p. 27, ISBN 0 068143914 (see page 50 of article).
Benson was a prolific trader, a prominent critic and the only man in the world to have been on an expedition to a major river from an unspecified point on. In 1742 he traveled from England to the Holy Roman Empire, but was not given an official entry in the British government. As a result of this, he did not be recognized as a genuine expert on the English war effort. In order to earn an official entry in the British government, he applied for a diplomatic license on March 20, 1744, and then he moved to Oxford, England. In the new year and a half he was also awarded the title of “Treacherous Master” by his old master, Thomas Long, chief commissioner-general of British commerce. This title still belongs to him, but he was replaced as chief by his new master by the summer of 1745. (At this juncture, the English Empire appeared suddenly in the western direction of the French War; but in 1748 Long was no longer the foremost “treacherous man,” and for many months the English crown court refused to recognize him from the throne. He remained a regular visitor to court.) Shortly after Long’s election in 1749 to the Roman pontificate, British diplomats were summoned to the embassy in London by Prince Charles, and in what is now called the “St. James’ Bay Treaty”, they agreed to grant him diplomatic access to the British territory of Stemmour. (This treaty passed in 1750: “The French ambassador in London, with a view towards its ratification, asked the King of Germany to agree to this Treaty, after which the English representatives in Rome could not accept it.”) The Treaty agreed to the French side only to make sure that it could be ratified by the whole country. This is the reason why, as with long line of official relations, the French ambassadors were not allowed access to the St. James’ Bay Treaty: they merely took it for granted.[15]
Benson’s position became known in the 1750s when his wife was invited to speak on the occasion of the start of the French Revolution. This invitation only came about because the Pope summoned her and her husband to Westminster Abbey. Although he was an honest man, he was not able to participate in the debate of the English peace treaties and instead, when the King returned to England on the 3rd of December, 1751, refused his request to allow her to speak. (Although this is perhaps partially due to the political nature of these events, the subsequent British refusal to allow her willowy way into Parliament the right to speak
Arnold wanted to be involved in the Revolutionary War. He was already an experienced solider and joined the American Army before the outbreak. He requested permission of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to capture Fort Ticonderoga (Benedict Arnold). Arnold teamed up with Ethan Allen. They did not agree on most issues and Arnold had many words with Colonel Easton who was in charge of the operation. Victory was claimed by Easton for Connecticut and Benedict dismissed all his troops after resigning his commission (Benedict Arnold). He felt Massachusetts should and his men should get credit for the victory. Arnold felt a sour taste in his mouth because of this. The one thing the two did agree upon was the need to capture Quebec. Arnold returned to Massachusetts to settle up on his expanses for the mission and was treated unfairly again not being reimbursed for all his expanses. His wife became ill during this time and died on June 19, 1775.
Benedict continued to support the idea of capturing Quebec and so did the Continental Congress. Having control of the waterways between Canada and America were important. Waterways would allow excess and easy enter in to this areas. Arnold would need to petition the Massachusetts Committee of Safety and receive General Schuylers okay to join him on this mission in order to become part of the Continental Army again for his actions at Fort Ticonderoga (Lake Champlain). George Washington proposed that Benedict Arnold be commissioned and he was appointed Colonel on the effort (USHistory). The march on Quebec faced many challenges. The weather was terrible, the terrain was hard to travel on, food was limited and their water supply was an issue. Many men deserted the mission. On December 31, 1775 battle broke out and Arnold got shot in the leg (USHistory). He stayed with his troops and continued to give orders, but the battle was not successful. During this time, Arnold had tremendous leadership and courage in those woods. Many people believed that they would have all perished if it were not for endless effort and extraordinary fieldmenship. (Lake Champlain) For his courage, Washington made him a Brigadier General (USHistory).
Arnold continued on to Montreal where he meant a group of Congress to discuss Canada. The group was not successful in their talks and Arnold launched an attack on the British. (USHistory). He was able to take over Montreal where the stores were taken over and seized by his troops. Once again, Benedict Arnold was facing legal matters for his actions in Montreal in the summer of 1776. (USHistory). He refused to admit wrong and say sorry to the court. They realized he was needed more in the war effort and exonerated him. Benedict was placed in charge of a small fleet of ships because of his pervious sailing abilities and sent to Ticonderoga. The Americans lost 10 of their 15 ships there and Arnold was blamed (USHistory). He continually needed to defend himself against criticism. During this time Congress promoted several other junior officers to Brigadier Generals. (USHistory). Arnold was up set by this and traveled to Philadelphia to look in to it. Eventually with the help of George Washington, he was appointed major general but without his seniority.