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Spying and treachery are as much an integral part of warfare as weaponry and death. It has always been the truth since the first battles and is also not likely to modify in the future. Yet, even through this irregular system, there are specific rules, especially in previous eras including the American Trend. First, while spying with respect to one's country is flawlessly reputable, betraying one's region is treason. Second, honorable men do not require those too innocent to comprehend the consequences of these actions in their techniques. Third, no man putting on his own standard can be viewed as a spy, for his garments make it clear who he's and preclude deception. All three of the rules played in to the story of the machinations and fatality of Major John André. No one who realized André privately would ever before have dreamed he'd one day hang up. He grew up by devoutly religious parents and was a loyal Englishman and stable officer in his Majesty's military. He had, it was rumored, an regrettable loving liaison that ended with a cancelled engagement, and through the start of the American Revolutionary War, he had served his ruler in Canada before being captured and presented as a prisoner of war. Once he was went back to his command word, he was advertised in identification of his durability of persona under duress. His reputation was so sterling, in truth, that he was presented with a very delicate role, that of gathering cleverness for the English Army as they tried out to put down the rebellious American colonies.