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Ethan Allen was a patriot in the late 1700's for America, he was a deist and a farmer. Ethan Allen fought bravely during the American Revolution, he and his family helped develop Vermont.

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  • Ethan Allen
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  • Ethan Allen was a patriot in the late 1700's for America, he was a deist and a farmer. Ethan Allen fought bravely during the American Revolution, he and his family helped develop Vermont.
  • Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was a farmer; businessman; land speculator; philosopher; writer; and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont, and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War.
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  • 1757(xsd:integer)
  • 1770(xsd:integer)
  • 1778(xsd:integer)
  • 1779(xsd:integer)
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  • 1738-01-21(xsd:date)
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  • Burlington, Vermont Republic
Name
  • Ethan Allen
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  • An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
Birth Place
  • Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
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  • --02-12
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  • 300(xsd:integer)
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  • Vermont Republic
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  • American Revolutionary War *Capture of Fort Ticonderoga *Battle of Longue-Pointe
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  • farmer, politician, land speculator, philosopher
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  • Burlington
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  • Ethan Allen was a patriot in the late 1700's for America, he was a deist and a farmer. Ethan Allen fought bravely during the American Revolution, he and his family helped develop Vermont.
  • Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was a farmer; businessman; land speculator; philosopher; writer; and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont, and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War. Born in rural Connecticut, Allen had a frontier upbringing but also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Legal setbacks led to the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, whom Allen led in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the Grants. When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Allen and the Boys seized the initiative and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. In September 1775 Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal that resulted in his capture by British authorities. First imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, he was paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange in 1778. Upon his release, Allen returned to the Grants, which had declared independence in 1777, and resumed political activity in the territory. In addition to continuing resistance to New York's attempts to assert control over the territory, Allen was active in efforts by Vermont's leadership for recognition by Congress, and he participated in controversial negotiations with the British over the possibility of Vermont becoming a separate British province. Allen wrote accounts of his exploits in the war that were widely read in the 19th century, as well as philosophical treatises and documents relating to the politics of Vermont's formation. His business dealings included successful farming operations, one of Connecticut's early iron works, and land speculation in the Vermont territory. Land purchased by Allen and his brothers included tracts of land that eventually became Burlington, Vermont. He was twice married, fathering eight children.
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