May 28

May 28 Who Am I?

1. I was a British commander who was tricked into thinking that the Patriots were going
to attack New York. Instead, they surrounded Yorktown and forced my surrender on
October 19, 1781.

2. When a large crowd of colonists gathered outside the Customs House, I yelled that
the way to get rid of the “lobster-backs” was to attack the main guard. The British
soldiers fired into the crowd and I, along with four other men, was killed. This became
known as the Boston Massacre.

3. I was a key commander for the Patriots. I was given command of West Point, but in
order to raise money to pay off debts I had acquired, I schemed to tell the British how
they could attack and defeat this key fort on the Hudson River. Although the
Americans discovered my plan, I managed to escape and became an officer in the
British Army. For my deeds, I will forever be known in the U.S. as a traitor.

Posted May 28, 2015 by mspenrose in category Uncategorized

16 thoughts on “May 28 Who Am I?”

jose May 28, 2015 at 12:46 pm

1 Cornwallis

2 Crispus Attucks

3 Benidict Arnold

Also put more patriot people or are you on the British side

chalan bitanga #3 b track ms penrose class May 28, 2015 at 12:48 pm

i am general cornwallis the evil guy i am still alive

ps: this isgeneral cornwallis

pps: it is actually chalan

Angel May 28, 2015 at 12:49 pm

i think the person is spy becuse it telling us the plain so i think it a spy

mickie May 28, 2015 at 12:49 pm

1.Corn Wallis
2.Crispus Attucks
3.Benedict Arnold

Michael Luo May 28, 2015 at 12:50 pm

What i think who said the quote was general cornwallis because he surrenderd to the american soldiers and put down their guns and ammunition then the soldiers can have freedom thanks to james armistead who served as a spy for the soldiers to let them know that the british was planning an attack.