Major John Andre, this traitor's contact on the British side, was hanged in 1780
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Benedict Arnold commits treason - Sep 21, 1780 - HISTORY.com  On September 21 of that year, Arnold met with Major John Andre and made his traitorous pact. However, the conspiracy was uncovered and Andre was captured and executed. ... fled to the enemy side and went on to lead British troops in Virginia and Connecticut. ... What does it mean to call someone a Benedict Arnold?
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John Andr - Wikipedia  John Andr (2 May 1750  2 October 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the .... An eyewitness account of the last day of Major Andr can be found in the book The American Revolution: From ... said an officer by his side. .... The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andr. New York: Harcourt Brace.
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Major John Andre - USHistory.org  John Andre was born in London in 1750 to French Protestant (Huguenot) parents. ... As a British lieutenant in Canada, Andre was involved in the defense of St. Johns ... on either side; in 1780 it was Joshua Hett Smith who set Andre on the road to ... On or about May 1780, Arnold reinitiated his contact with Andre, informing...
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Print: "The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre" : The Colonial ...  Jan 3, 2005 ... Contact Us  Find us on Facebook ... The man seen hanging here is British Major John Andre, who was ... In this role he negotiated with American traitor Benedict Arnold. ... All the men on both sides were amazed at the turn of events. ... age 31, was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York on October 2, 1780,...
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Benedict Arnold's 1780 treason and the execution of John Andre ...  John Andre, aide-de-camp of the British commander in chief, Sir Henry Clinton, was General Benedict Arnold's contact. Andre was taken by the American forces and hanged as a spy in Tappan, New York, on October 2, 1780. ... propriety. . . . after the execution, it was asked if Major Andre's request to be shot could not have...
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The Execution of the Earl of Essex | History Today  After a failed coup d'tat against Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux was beheaded at the Tower of London on February 25th, 1601. Robert ... Elizabeth and her right-hand man, Robert Cecil, waited patiently for the Earl to over-reach himself.
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Jeopary Questions page 2089 - ALPHABET SOUP - TriviaBistro.com  TRAITORS: To this Scottish hero, executed as a traitor, August 23, 1305, we raise not our martinis but our Gibsons  SEAN CONNERY FILMS: Connery caught...
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John Brown (abolitionist) - Wikipedia  John Brown (May 9, 1800  December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist who believed ... Brown's followers killed five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie. ... He was tried for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, the murder of five .... these words, "Nothing so charmes the American people as personal bravery.
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John Burgoyne - Wikipedia  General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722  4 August 1792) was a British army officer, ... John Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War. ... Burgoyne surrendered his entire army of 6,200 men on 17 October 1777. ... acquired the nickname "Gentleman Johnny" and became well known for his...
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Broadside on a parade condemning the treason of Benedict Arnold ...  2. In September 1780 Benedict Arnold, the commander of early American victories in ... delivering military secrets to the British, and soon began plotting-with the British spy chief John Andr-to ... MAJOR GENERAL BENEDICT ARN- ... Andre: British general John Andr, Arnold's co-conspirator; hanged as a spy 2 Oct. 1780.
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Hiding Place For A Spy - The Wesley Center Online  death were such that one might think that ignominy and reproach would thereafter be ... so highly regarded that, in 1821, his body was exhumed and reburied in the ... can find the name of John Andre "in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner, ..... the conspiracy between Benedict Arnold and the British Army through John.
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Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines - Sep 10, 1776 ...  Patriot spy Nathan Hale was hanged by the British on the morning of September 22, 1776. He was just 21 years old. Although rumors later surfaced that Hale's...
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John Brown Abolitionist 1800 1859 - American Civil War  Ralph Waldo Emerson said that Brown's death would "make the gallows as ... This image shows a heroic Brown being adored by a slave mother and child as he walks to his execution on December 2, 1859. ... It is every man's, but how few there are to help. ... and treason against the state and sentenced to death by hanging.
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American War of Independence by Sanderson Beck  On May 25 the generals William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne ... Washington took command of the continental army on July 3 and began to use court ... About 500 British regulars defeated them and captured 38 men and Allen who ..... being hanged as traitors, they kept their names secret until January 18, 1777.
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Spy Games: The History of Espionage in Connecticut - Connecticut ...  The execution of Connecticut state heroand spyNathan Hale. ... and in September 1776, volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission behind ... Immediately after the capture of British spy Major John Andr in October 1780, ... In the winter of 1955, high-ranking CIA official Richard Bissell Jr. was piloted over the arid...
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The Aaron Burr Treason Trial - Federal Judicial Center  U.S. Circuit Court, Virginia: Preliminary examination 4 ... The trial of Aaron Burr for treason in 1807 has few rivals in American history for ... Presiding over the trial was John Marshall, Chief Justice ...... Born into an aristocratic Irish family,.
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John Andr - Wikipedia  John Andr (2 May 1750  2 October 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the ... He lived in the home of Caleb Cope, enjoying the freedom of the town, as he had ... Around this time, Andr had been negotiating with disillusioned American ... But Major Benjamin Tallmadge arrived, head of Continental Army...
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The execution of David O. Dodd/ Little Rock Ar. | American Civil ...  He was tried by a court-martial, and sentenced to the mode of death always ... Even the great and good Washington approved of the hanging of the British spy, ... No one denies the right of the British to execute Nathan Hale or of Steele to ... Little Rock are among the state's recognitions of his life and death.
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Daniel Defoe (Foe) (1660 - 1731) - Genealogy - Geni  Feb 10, 2016 ... Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love .... (Daniel Defoe added the De to his original last name Foe when he was ... Defoe was tried and sentenced, put before public abuse, and taken to ..... Colonel Jack (1722) ... and it was an earlier novel that is also set on a deserted island.
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Print: "The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre" : The Colonial ...  Jan 3, 2005 ... The man seen hanging here is British Major John Andre, who was captured and ... Why, then, is there a monument in New York in his honor, bearing the following inscription? ... In September of 1780, Andre was sent on a secret mission to ... Contact | Site map | Mobile | Privacy | About this Site | Terms of Use.
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Patriot executed for spying - Sep 22, 1776 - HISTORY.com  In New York City on this day in 1776, Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, is executed by the British for spying.