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 siege
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......

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Title: Ticonderoga And Crown Point
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