Benedict Arnold

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Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War general best known for defecting to the British and becoming synonymous with treason in the United States.

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Generate an image of Benedict Arnold (Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War general best known for defecting to the British and becoming synonymous with treason in the United States.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defector ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
traitor ⓘ
afterDefectionTitle brigadier general in the British Army ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
United Colonies ⓘ
United States ⓘ
battle Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) ⓘ
Battle of Groton Heights ⓘ
Battle of Ridgefield ⓘ
Battle of Valcour Island ⓘ
Quebec expedition (1775–1776) ⓘ
Saratoga campaign ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from dropsy ⓘ
commanded American forces at the Battle of Valcour Island ⓘ
British raid on New London, Connecticut ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom

United States ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1741-01-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1801-06-14 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1780-09-21 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English Americans ⓘ
linked to: English American
eventDescription His plot to surrender West Point was exposed when Major John André was captured ⓘ
familyName Arnold ⓘ
fullName Benedict Arnold V ⓘ
givenName Benedict ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy name used in American English as a synonym for traitor ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
notableEvent plotted to surrender West Point to the British ⓘ
notableFor becoming a symbol of treason in the United States ⓘ
defecting from the Continental Army to the British side ⓘ
notableWork Memoir addressed to the inhabitants of America (justifying his defection) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 8 ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
shipowner ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
parent Benedict Arnold III ⓘ
Hannah Waterman King ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norwich, Connecticut Colony ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
rank major general ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
spouse Margaret Mansfield ⓘ
Peggy Shippen ⓘ

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Continental Army → notableCommander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Invasion of Quebec (1775) → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Sons of Liberty → notableMember → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Saratoga campaign → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Arnold → hasNotableBearer → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Liberty Boys → hasMember → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
British occupation of Philadelphia → notableCommander → Benedict Arnold (as American general opposing the British early in the campaign) ⓘ
linked to: Benedict Arnold
Fort Ticonderoga → capturedBy → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
subject linked to: Ticonderoga
Norwich, Connecticut → hasHistoricFigure → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
New London, Connecticut → attackedBy → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Margaret Mansfield → spouse → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Margaret Mansfield → hasChildWith → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Margaret Mansfield → child → Benedict Arnold Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Benedict Arnold
Margaret Mansfield → knownRelative → Benedict Arnold Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Benedict Arnold
Peggy Shippen → spouse → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
British raid on New London, Connecticut → notableCommanderRole → Benedict Arnold led the British forces as an American turncoat ⓘ
linked to: Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold III → child → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Benedict Arnold III → fatherOf → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Benedict Arnold III → relative → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Valcour Island → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Valcour Island → tactics → Benedict Arnold used geography to offset British superiority ⓘ
linked to: Benedict Arnold
Battle of Ridgefield → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Ridgefield → notableParticipant → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Groton Heights → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Groton Heights → associatedWith → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Hannah Waterman King → motherOf → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Hannah Waterman King → notableRelative → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Freeman's Farm → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Battle of Bemis Heights → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Siege of Saratoga → commander → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Siege of Saratoga → notableParticipant → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Peggy Shippen → spouse → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
subject linked to: Shippen
Shippen family → connectedTo → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
George Arnold → father → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
George Arnold → notableFamilyMember → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Peggy Shippen → spouse → Benedict Arnold ⓘ
subject linked to: Sophia Matilda Arnold
James Robertson Arnold → father → Benedict Arnold ⓘ