Who did the british execute during the american revolution for being an american spy?
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Who did the british execute during the american revolution for being an american spy in 1776? Who did the british execute during the american revolution for being an american spy in 1777?
Hale Nathan Hale Captain Hale
Abm. (Abraham) Patten Abraham Patten
Thomas Hickey (soldier) Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War John André Benedict Arnold David Farnsworth
british execute during the american revolution for being an american spy
Nathan Hale John André Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War David Farnsworth Thomas Hickey (soldier) Benedict Arnold Culper Ring Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War James Armistead Lafayette Loyalist (American Revolution)
Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an <b>American</b> soldier and 
<b>spy</b> for the Continental Army <b>during the American Revolutionary War</b>. He 
volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission <b>in</b> New York City but was 
captured by the <b>British</b> and <b>executed</b>. ... After luring Hale into betraying his 
allegiance by pretending <b>to be</b> a Patriot&nbsp;... John André (2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780) was a major <b>in</b> the <b>British</b> Army and 
head of its Secret Service <b>in America during the American Revolutionary War</b>. He 
was hanged as a <b>spy</b> by the Continental Army for assisting Benedict ... André 
appealed to George Washington <b>to be executed</b> as a gentleman by <b>being</b> shot 
rather&nbsp;... <b>On</b> June 5, 1776, the Congress appointed John Adams, Thomas ... is proper <b>to</b> 
<b>be</b> done with persons giving intelligence to the enemy or ... the Articles of War <b>in</b> 
regard to espionage directed against the <b>American</b> forces. ... Army, had already 
been seized and imprisoned as a <b>British</b> agent,&nbsp;... Occupation, <b>spy</b>, counterfeiter. Motive, Colonial loyalist who served <b>in British</b> war 
effort. Conviction(s), military death sentence. Criminal charge, espionage and 
counterfeiting. Penalty, Hanging. David Farnsworth was a Colonial-era <b>American</b> 
Loyalist. He was a <b>British</b> agent <b>during the American Revolutionary War</b>. ... 
Farnsworth and Blair were <b>executed in</b> Rocky Hill, Connecticut <b>in</b> Hartford&nbsp;... Thomas Hickey (died June 28, 1776) was a Continental Army soldier <b>in the</b> 
<b>American Revolutionary War</b>, and the first person <b>to be executed</b> by the 
Continental Army for &quot;mutiny, sedition, and treachery&quot;. Born <b>in</b> Ireland, Hickey 
came to <b>America</b> as a soldier <b>in</b> the <b>British</b> Army and ... Hickey is the villain <b>in</b> the 
1977 children&#39;s book Phoebe the <b>Spy</b> by Judith&nbsp;... Benedict Arnold was an <b>American</b> military officer who served as a general <b>during</b> 
<b>the American Revolutionary War</b>, fighting for the <b>American</b> Continental Army 
before defecting to the <b>British in</b> ... Arnold had amply demonstrated his tendency 
to <b>become</b> embroiled <b>in</b> disputes, as well as his lack of political sense. Above all, 
he&nbsp;... The Culper Ring was a <b>spy</b> ring organized by Major Benjamin Tallmadge under 
orders from General George Washington <b>in</b> the summer of 1778, <b>during</b> the 
<b>British</b> occupation of New York City at the height of the <b>American Revolutionary</b> 
<b>War</b>. ... Washington appointed Captain Benjamin Tallmadge <b>to be</b> Sackett&#39;s 
contact with&nbsp;... <b>During the American Revolutionary War</b> (1775–1783), management and 
treatment of prisoners ... King George III of Great <b>Britain</b> had declared <b>American</b> 
forces traitors <b>in</b> 1775, which denied them prisoner of war status. ... <b>American</b> 
prisoners of war tended <b>to be</b> accumulated at large sites, which the <b>British</b> were 
able to&nbsp;... James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved African <b>American</b> who served the 
Continental Army <b>during the American Revolutionary War</b> under the Marquis de 
Lafayette. ... Pretending <b>to be</b> a <b>spy</b> for them allowed Armistead to gain Arnold&#39;s ... 
were instrumental <b>in</b> helping the revolutionary forces defeat the <b>British during</b> the
&nbsp;... Loyalists were <b>American</b> colonists who stayed loyal to the <b>British</b> Crown <b>during</b> 
<b>the American</b> ... They felt themselves <b>to be</b> weak or threatened within <b>American</b> 
society and <b>in</b> need of an outside defender such as ... Philadelphia, two residents 
of the city were tried for treason, convicted, and <b>executed</b> by returning Patriot 
forces.
Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale