Common Prosperity Quotes
Arnold wrote this document to justify his treason. The reality was that in the beginning of the war he was one of the best and bravest of the American generals and was the likely replacement for George Washington should anything happen to him. However, he had been involved in some financial improprieties, and was disciplined. He felt unappreciated by his fellow officers and joined the British side. He attempted to justify his action be saying that the revolutionaries had already won the rights of Englishmen and the taxation and other issues for which they had fought. However, by this time total independence had become a goal for most Americans although at the beginning of the dispute that had been only the goal of some.