The fracas over authority and the boat trip across the dark, squall-ruffled waters of Lake Champlain to the western shore were more troublesome to the Americans than the Redcoat garrison: 45 officers and men who were "old, wore out, and unserviceable.
The capture of Ticonderoga's heavy guns, sledged eastward the next winter to Washington's camp, hastened the British evacuation of Boston in Soon afterward Allen appeared in Philadelphia and persuaded the Continental Congress to authorize the organization of a regiment of Green Mountain Boys under such officers as the citizens of Vermont should elect. Allen's further advice on the advantages of an invasion of Canada seems to have added some impetus to Congress's order to Gen. Philip Schuyler to advance northward from Ticonderoga against Montreal and other parts of the province.
At a public meeting in Vermont, however, Allen's former subordinate Seth Warner was chosen instead of Allen to raise the regiment of Green Mountain Boys—because, according to Allen, the older settlers constituted a majority of the voters at the meeting, and they considered him to be headstrong and radical. Allen then joined Schuyler's army as a volunteer and was sent to operate behind the British lines with a body of Canadian recruits.
He and John Brown, who was leading a similar group, decided to surprise and capture Montreal on their own. When Brown's men failed to show up, Allen was easily overwhelmed. Allen's imprudence," as Schuyler noted, had brought about his defeat and capture. Allen, his family, friends and supporters made significant contribution to the early history of Vermont.
Allen tried statehood for Vermont by petitioning the Continental Congress. After Congress denied permission, he directly negotiated with the British for Vermont and hence was accused immediately of treason.
As an early inhabitants of Burlington, he settled well on his property at the Winooski River Intervale during his last years and died on February 12, , two years before Vermont was finally admitted into the Union as its fourteenth state. Like most other folk heroes, myths grew around him during and after his life in Vermont. In terms of history, it is difficult to get an accurate picture of Ethan Allen.
There is no accurate portrait of him even in any of the museums. He was assumed to be over six feet tall, which was unusual at that time. He seemed to have a confrontational personality, yet attracted devoted and loyal followers. Like most other frontiersmen he was always independent, but uncharacteristically well-educated and articulate for an early settler in the north. Allen, the farmer and later statesman of Connecticut, was an early explorer of the New Hampshire and Vermont region.
The Governor of New Hampshire granted lands in this region without any clear authority. Allen was the prime person to defend the New Hampshire Land Grants, he did it to secure his own land interests, and also of those settlers who migrated North from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Allen increasingly associated himself with the principles of democratic New England rather than with the wealthy landowner dominated New York. He initiated the proposal for complete independence for the region from Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, even before the Revolutionary War started.
Petty skirmishes with the Loyalists lead to more serious conflicts and finally Allen was declared outlaw by Governor George Clinton of New York in By the spring of , Allen was taking up more armed conflicts with the Loyalist army. He had no prior sanctions from the Patriot forces or the Congress and made many decisions on his own.
Fort Ticonderoga is located at a very strategic area at the southern corner of Lake Champlain and was in British hands since Being outnumbered, he led his men across the Richelieu River where his men spent the night. While Ethan and his men rested, the British began to fire artillery at them from across the river, causing the Boys to panic and return to Ticonderoga.
Allen was able to convince Warner to allow him to stay on as a civilian scout as the Green Mountain Boys were participating in the campaign in Quebec.
On September 24, Allen and about men crossed the Saint Lawrence River, but the British had been alerted to their presence. In the ensuing Battle of Longue-Pointe, he and about 30 of his men were captured. Allen was imprisoned in Cornwall, England for approximately two years and returned to the United States on May 6, , as part of a prisoner exchange.
Upon his return, Allen settled in Vermont, a territory which had declared its independence from the United States as well as from Britain. He took it upon himself to petition the Continental Congress to make Vermont the fourteenth U. He then negotiated with Canadian governor Frederick Haldimand to become part of Canada but those attempts also failed. In , Ethan retired to his home in what is now Burlington, Vermont. He died in Burlington on February 12, Two years later, Vermont joined the United States.
His daughter Fanny converted to Catholicism and then she entered a convent. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. After serving in the French and Indian War, Allen purchased land and settled in what is now the state of Vermont. However, a dispute over the land in the Champlain Valley soon arose, with both New York and New Hampshire claiming it as their own.
They named Allen their leader and set out on a campaign of intimidation to get the Yorkers to leave, sometimes using violence to do so. The fort was staffed by only a small number of British soldiers. Arnold, Allen and their men went on to capture Crown Point, north of Ticonderoga, just as easily. With those successes in mind, Allen and his men tried to seize Montreal as well. They failed, however, and Allen was captured and sent to prison in Cornwall, England, for two years.
When he returned to North America, Allen settled in Vermont, which had declared its independence from both Britain and the United States. He tried to persuade the Continental Congress to accept Vermont as the fourteenth state, but because of disputes among Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York over the territory, the Congress refused.
Rebuffed, Allen became involved in negotiations with the Canadian governor Frederick Haldimand to have Vermont become part of Canada.
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