Battle Of Fort Ticonderoga (May Of 1775)

During the previous French and Indian Wars, Fort Ticonderoga served as a crucial gateway to both Canada and the Hudson River region. The Fort was in the Northeastern New York's Lake Champlain. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen, and the Vermont-based Green Mountain Boys banded together to attack the fort early in the morning. The British, who were sleeping at the moment, were too shocked to counter the attack. Despite being a minor war, the battle of Fort Ticonderoga was significant as the American forces' first win in the revolution. Additionally, the continental army received much-needed artillery for use in upcoming engagements.

Nobody is killed in the battle of Fort Ticonderoga. The massive cache of cannons that Henry Knox transfers to Boston later that year was the true victory for the battle rather than the fort itself. Fort Ticonderoga remains securely in American control until the Saratoga Campaign of 1777, when the British Army, led by General John Burgoyne, moves south from Canada toward Albany, New York. Burgoyne's engineers take advantage of Mount Defiance's uninhabited high ground and raise their cannons there, aiming them towards Fort Ticonderoga. On July 5, 1777, the American garrison leaves the fort without a fight after realizing their predicament. The fort no longer has a significant impact on the conflict as British military operations shift south following Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga in October 1777.