Ethan Allen

Have you ever wonder who Ethan Allen was? He was a very important figure of what we now know as the United States of America. Ethan Allen is mostly known for being the founder of the State of Vermont and also because he fought during the American Revolution as the leader of the Green Mountain Boys. Allen was born January 21, 1738 in Litchfield, Conneticut. Ethan Allen was a boy who had the dream to study in Yale University. Unfortunately, his father died in 1755 and he had to take care of his family and the family farm. Apart form being the leader of one of the strongest militia organizations, Ethan Allen was also a writer of many book and even pamphlets. One of the things not many people know about him is that he formed part of a group of intelligent men who made possible the independent commonwealth. Today, you can see Ethan Allen as a notable person of the American Revolution.

Ethan Allen was named the commander of the militia popularly known as the Green Mountain Boys. At first, Allen had any official rank in the Continental Army. Later on, he turned out to be the Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army and also General of the militia. During the American Revolution, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys fought skirmishes in the frontier in order to fight the New Yorkers. Alongside Benedict Arnold, which was a general of the American Revolution, Allen and his soldiers captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 10, 1775. Fort Ticonderoga was first captured by the British, but the Patriots have the advantage of recapturing Fort Ticonderoga. The capture of the Fort was one of the first successful battles of the American Revolution War. After that, he managed to captured Crown Point, Fort St. John, and Fort Ann in the following weeks.

Ethan Allen wanted to invade Canada alongside Seth Warner, a chief lieutenant. Unfortunately, he was captured by the British in Montreal. Then, Ethan was exchanged for Colonel Archibald Campbell in 1778. When Ethan Allen returned to the colonies, he reported to George Washington, which was the military commander if the Continental Army, at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Furthermore, he returned to Vermont to follow his routine of fighting territorial disputes. While in Vermont, he wrote "Reason, The Only Oracle of Man" with some ideas of his friend Thomas Young, which was a philosopher. Allen wrote books and pamphlets to support Vermont because he wanted Vermont to become a state. In his last years, he went back to his farm to leave a peaceful life alongside his family. Ethan Allen died quietly in his farm in February 1789. He was very wise man.