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American Revolutionary War - Ticonderoga and Crown Point The immediate object of the attack on the British Forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point on May 10 and 11, 1775 was first to capture the forts themselves, but also to obtain a cannon and supplies to use for the impending seige of Boston. Washington, who assumed command of the American forces on July 2, 1775, could not attempt this attack without heavy artillery, which was procured by Colonel Ethan Allen, Colonel …

…Champlain in two boats with a total of eighty-three men and captured Fort Ticonderoga early in the morning of May 10, 1775, while the British garrison was still sleeping. Allen demanded that the British commander surrender in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress. The commander complied and consequently there was no bloodshed. Military supplies from the fort were used to aid George Washington's ill-equipped American forces, who were attempting the seige of Boston.