Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775)

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The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) was an early American Revolutionary War engagement in which colonial forces captured the strategically important British-held fort on Lake Champlain, securing valuable artillery later used in the Siege of Boston.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) (The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) was an early American Revolutionary War engagement in which colonial forces captured the strategically important British-held fort on Lake Champlain, securing valuable artillery later used in the Siege of Boston.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
artilleryTransportedBy Henry Knox ⓘ
artilleryUsedIn Siege of Boston ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Patriot forces ⓘ
campaign 1775 campaign in the Northern Department ⓘ
capturedBy American colonial forces ⓘ
Connecticut volunteers ⓘ
Green Mountain Boys ⓘ
capturedFrom British garrison ⓘ
casualties minimal ⓘ
combatant Connecticut militia ⓘ
Green Mountain Boys ⓘ
Massachusetts militia ⓘ
commander Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Ethan Allen ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
consequence artillery transported to Boston ⓘ
secured cannon and military stores for the Continental Army ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
date May 10, 1775 ⓘ
followedBy Invasion of Quebec (1775) ⓘ
fortification star fort ⓘ
fortPreviouslyKnownAs Fort Carillon ⓘ
garrisonStrength small British garrison ⓘ
geographicalContext near the New York–Vermont border ⓘ
location Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
linked to: Ticonderoga

Lake Champlain ⓘ
New York ⓘ
notableFor absence of significant fighting ⓘ
capture of heavy artillery ⓘ
surprise attack at dawn ⓘ
objective capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British ⓘ
opposingCommander William Delaplace ⓘ
outcome Fort Ticonderoga captured by American forces ⓘ
partOf Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Boston ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
significance boosted American morale early in the war ⓘ
provided artillery that helped force British evacuation of Boston ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Lake Champlain route between Canada and the Hudson River Valley ⓘ
territorialChange Fort Ticonderoga transferred to American control ⓘ
timeOfDay dawn attack ⓘ
year 1775 ⓘ

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Benedict Arnold → battle → Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) ⓘ
Israel Putnam → participatedIn → capture of Fort Ticonderoga (American Revolutionary War) ⓘ
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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) → precededBy → Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) ⓘ
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Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
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USS Ticonderoga → namedAfter → Battle of Ticonderoga ⓘ
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Green Mountain Boys → engagement → Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
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William Delaplace → event → Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
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Battles of the American Revolutionary War → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) ⓘ
Carillon → significantEvent → Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) ⓘ
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Capture of Crown Point → precededBy → Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
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