During the French and Indian war Benedict Arnold wanted to enroll in the American militia but his mom wouldn’t let him but when he tuned sixteen he was allowed to join. After 13 days in the army Benedict deserted it because of the disastrous defeat at Albany, New York.

   In March 1775 65 New Haven men created a group called the Governor’s Second Company of Connecticut Guards  Benedict Arnold was then named leader he helped the group train for the war. After hearing about the battles at Lexington and Concord the Governor’s Second Company of Connecticut Guards marched towards Boston to get armed. It took Benedict a lot of arguing and persuading to get any of Boston’s weapon and ammunition shops to supply them with guns and gun powder.

In early May, 1779   Benedict met with Stansbury to plot going against America in the war but even after he was told to not involve any one other than him and Stansbury in the turnover because it would risk information given over to the Americans the still let his secret be told to William Franklin and Jason Odell.

On July 30, 1780 Benedict got a letter from someone named Henry Clinton saying that if he loses the next battle he was in command he would give him a £20,000 reward (which now is like £200,000.) On August 25, 1780 Benedict Arnold was named general at the West Point battle. General Arnold thought this would be the best time to give up the battle. Throughout the whole battle Arnold did everything he could do to weaken the troop he wasted supplies, sent false alarms, but nothing stopped the determination of the soldiers. After the battle Arnold decided to completely switch to the British side.

On September 21, 1780 a secret code written by Arnold was found with General John Andre, John Andre was later handed for spying. After Arnold’s switch over to the British side he became a successful British General.  Benedict Arnold today is still known as the biggest traitor in the American Revolution because of all of the information he gave to the British      

Sources of Information:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold