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.
What was Benedict Arnold’s plan to go against the patriots?
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
british.

The British’s disadvantage. How much did the British lose. The British had lost a ton of inside information. The British had no way to stay ahead of the game and had no way of figuring out when the americans were going to attack. The British lost the plans to West Point . The british might have lost a sure fire way to win the war and the battle. The British lost their biggest spy. Having benedict discovered was horrible for the british because he could figure out information the fastest. All in all the british had a great disadvantage.

How did this led to the patriots winning the war? The patriots were at no disadvantage now that they had the plans. The patriots had the West Point plans so the British had no advantage over them. The patriots were at no disadvantage to the british. The patriots got rid of the biggest traitor in the American Revolution. Getting rid of benedict arnold was a huge success for the americans. The British lost their main connection to the Americans. The americans blocked the main connection for stealing information. Finally the Americans had a great chance at winning the war.

When he was discovered it affected both sides majorly. He was a friend or loved one to all. The British lost the plans to West Point. The Americans had the plans for safe keeping. The British were at a big disadvantage. They lost the ticket to an automatic win. With a traitor and spy out of the way the Americans did not have to worry. They could keep secrets once again. His being discovered meant great lost to the British.