American_Revolutionary_War_-_Ticonderoga_and_Crown_Point

American Revolutionary War - Ticonderoga and Crown Point American Revolutionary War - Ticonderoga and Crown Point The immediate object of the attack on the British Forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point on May 10 and 11, 1775 was first to capture the forts themselves, but also to obtain a cannon and supplies to use for the impending seige of Boston. Washington, who assumed command of the American forces on July 2, 1775, could not attempt this attack without heavy artillery, which was procured by Colonel Ethan Allen, Colonel Benedict Arnold and Colonel Seth Warner with Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys. Green Mountain Boys, was the name of a group of soldiers from Vermont led by Allen, Warner and Arnold. They took their name from the Green Mountains in Vermont. The Green Mountain Boys were originally organized by Ethan Allen before the revolution to protest the claims of the New York government to Vermont territory, and were later joined by Seth Warner and Benedict Arnold. Seth Warner, was born in Connecticut and later moved to Vermont, where he was declared an outlaw in 1771 for forcibly resist! ing a New York claim to the area, and had a reward offered for his capture. Under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, he participated in american, revolution, war, allen, green, mountain, boys, new, arnold, york, vermont, ticonderoga, warner, later, fort, ethan, connecticut, colonel, british, seth, name, militia, crown, born, benedict, 1775, took, supplies, seige, revolution, region, point, outlaw, organized, offered, men, led, joined, forts, forces, declared, commander, capture, boston, attack, year, without, while, washington's, washington, volunteers