Best American Generals: Benedict Arnold And The American Revolution

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Benedict Arnold was one of america's best american generals he was a general when the american revolution had started for us because the british had began to make the colonist pay taxes to pay for all of the rebuilding in cause of the war of 1812 when he had heard about these he had not liked it and he had stopped working for the Colonist and if it weren't for him then we had would all be speaking British because he had won us the battle of Saratoga and that battle had last 29 days he was a key factor at that battle. He was also the man who had taken little tiny boats and sailed them right past the British navy stranding them out to sea for two seasons until spring had begun because it would be too cold to sail over to America from England.

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