Ethan allen biography revolutionary war battles
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Who is Ethan Allen?
Ethan Allen was a Revolutionary War hero and one of the first heroes of the war.
Ethan allen biography revolutionary war battles
He rose to prominence when he moved to the New Hampshire Grants — present-day Vermont — and was hired by the settlers living there to represent them in a dispute with New York authorities over ownership of the land.
The proceedings, which are known as the Albany Ejectment Trials, resulted in the settlers losing their rights to their land.
Allen returned to the Grants, where he and many of the settlers vowed to defend their homes. They formed a militia group — the Green Mountain Boys — and Allen was chosen as the leader.
For the next four years, they fought against New York authorities to keep their land, even when the New York legislature branded Allen and others, including Seth Warner, as outlaws and offered a reward for their capture.
When the American Revolutionary War started, Connecticut hired the Green Mountain Boys to attack Fort Ticonderoga for the purpose of capturing ca