By: Erin Andris
BBirth: January 21, 1738 PPlace of Birth: Litchfield, Connecticut DDeath: February 12, 1789 PPlace of Death: Burlington, Vermont
♦E♦Ethan Allen was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys ♦c♦captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British before the war started
joined the militia during the French and Indian War, but didn't see any fighting attempted to invade Canada, and in September of 1775 was captured by the British in Montreal returned and reported to George Washington at Valley Forge
first-born child of Joseph and Mary Baker Allen moved to the town of Cornwall shortly after his birth a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician Seven siblings