 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Benedict Arnold akapinda muRevolution yeAmerica somurwi wenyika achirwira rusununguko rweAmerica. Arnold akaita mishandirapamwe yakawanda yakabudirira, uye aionekwa nevakawanda kuva mukuru mukuru uye mutungamiri akabudirira zvikuru muContinental Army. Muna September 1777 akatungamirira boka reuto raitungamirirwa naHoratio Gates kurwisa mukuru weBritain John Burgoyne paHondo yeFreemans Farm. Mushure mekurwa ikoko, kusawirirana pakati paArnold naGates kwakaputika, nekuda kwezvikonzero zvinosanganisira kukundikana kwaGates kupa Arnold mbiri yebasa rake muhondo, uye Gates akabvisa Arnold kubva pakutungamira. Muhondo yeBemis Heights mukutanga kwaOctober, Arnold, achipesana nemirairo yaGates, akaenda kunhandare yehondo, kwaakatamba basa rinokosha mukuunganidza mauto kuti arwise nzvimbo yeBritish. Muna 1778 vapanduki vokuAmerica vakaumba mubatanidzwa neFrance, iyo Arnold akanga achishora zvikuru sezvinoratidzwa netsamba yacho. Arnold akaitawo vavengi kwose kwose kwaaienda, kusanganisira vakuru vemauto vaiva neruzivo mune zvematongerwe enyika uye nhengo dzeContinental Congress. Kupomerwa uye kupomerwa mhosva pakati paArnold nevavengi vake kwakatungamira kumatare ehondo akawanda uye kuferefetwa kwemari yaArnold yekutungamira kwake kwakasiyana siyana. Zviito izvi, uye pesvedzero yemudzimai wake wechipiri, Peggy Shippen, mwanasikana wemumwe mupfumi wePhiladelphia Loyalist, zvakaita kuti Arnold atange kutaurirana kuti achinje mativi neBritish Major John André muna 1779. 