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Originally Posted by HarryT
Ahem! Which side were the "traitors"? The way that I was taught my history, it was the rebels who were the traitors  .
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Benedict Arnold, to be precise. As a general in the American Revolutionary army, he certainly could not be considered a loyal subject of the King. After continual snubbing by the other senior revolutary American generals, he sold out certain military secrets to the British. Therefore, he would then be a traitor to the American cause. That would seem to make him a traitor all around....