Lecture 14 - Heroes and Villains
recorded by: Yale University
published: Feb. 14, 2013, recorded: January 2010, views: 2144
released under terms of: Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND)
See Also:
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec14_01.mp4 (Video - generic video source 564.5 MB)
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec14_01.flv (Video 244.9 MB)
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec14_01_640x360_h264.mp4 (Video 146.5 MB)
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec14_01.wmv (Video 221.4 MB)
Download subtitles: TT/XML, RT, SRT
Related content
Report a problem or upload files
If you have found a problem with this lecture or would like to send us extra material, articles, exercises, etc., please use our ticket system to describe your request and upload the data.Enter your e-mail into the 'Cc' field, and we will keep you updated with your request's status.
Description
In this lecture, Professor Freeman discusses Benedict Arnold as a case study of the ways in which ideas about regionalism, social rank, and gender--and the realities of the Continental Congress and the Continental Army--played out in this period. Like many Americans during this period, Benedict Arnold thought that he could improve his social rank and reputation in the military, but he was unable to advance due to the Continental Congress's policy on military promotions. Frustrated and facing mounting personal debts, he decided to aid the British in exchange for a reward. Arnold and his wife Peggy developed a plan for Arnold to smuggle American military plans to the British with the help of a young British soldier named John André. However, André was captured while smuggling Arnold's papers and the plot quickly unraveled. In the end, Arnold fled; his wife played upon conventional stereotypes of women to avoid punishment; and André was executed but idealized in the process.
Link this page
Would you like to put a link to this lecture on your homepage?Go ahead! Copy the HTML snippet !
Write your own review or comment: