WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, together with Benedict Arnold, surprised and overtook a small British garrison at the fort, acquiring valuable weapons for the Continental Army . Arnold took command of Ticonderoga until he was relieved in June 1775.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1777, a British army under the command of General John Burgoyne planned a siege of Fort Ticonderoga, an American fortification that had been captured by Ethan Allen in the early days of the war.

Detailed explanation-3: -With Ethan Allen at the helm, the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga at Lake Champlain on May 10, 1775, and also played major roles in the battles at Hubbardton and Bennington. When Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791, the original organization went virtually idle.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the morning of May 10, 1775, fewer than a hundred of these militiamen, under the joint command of their leader, Ethan Allen, and Benedict Arnold, crossed Lake Champlain at dawn, surprising and capturing the still-sleeping British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga.