Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold
He was a traitor. His own mother was a loyalist (loyal to the crown). He had no just reason for doing what he did, especially by today's ethical standard.
In 1770 the colonies were part of the British monarchy. They had a king and were considered property of that king.
296.76 pounds equal to $1261.23 USD in 1941 or $17657 USD today
The British Parliament began as a voice of the people in a monarchical power structure. Today, the monarch has no power and the Parliament makes the decisions.
It unraveled because all of the different countries wanted their own rights and land so they fought for it, and look at where we are today..........
He was a traitor. His own mother was a loyalist (loyal to the crown). He had no just reason for doing what he did, especially by today's ethical standard.
His name, Quisling, is sometimes used as a general name for 'traitor'.
A noose is the slip knot in the end of a rope used in Capital Punishment. Yes, they still hang people in various parts of the world. Saddam Hussein was executed by this means in Iraq.
He was considered a hero at battles in Saratoga, New York and Quebec, but he is remembered today as the greatest American traitor of the Revolutionary War. He conspired to permit a British takeover of the fort at West Point. He escaped to Canada and spent the remainder of the war as an officer in the British Army.
A British Pound in 1900 has the purchasing power of about £72 GBP today.
Benedict Arnold in the United States is known as the biggest traitor in the American Revolution to the Continental Army because he was not "respected" the way he wanted to be so he joined the British in 1780. At the end of the war he was not given what he was promised he is believed to die poor but no one really knows.
A British Pound in 1967 had the purchasing power of about £12.15 GBP today.
A british pound today is worth a pound!
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First of all , you have mispelled the word. It shold be 'traitor'. A traitor is a person who gives/sells his countries secrets to another ( usually enemy ) power. Historically they were executed ( put to death). However, today in the western world , they are usually imprisoned.
A British Pound in 1875 had the purchasing power of about £62.80 GBP today.