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| − | '''Ethan Allen''' was born on January 10, 1738 in Litchfield, [[Connecticut]]. He was a furniture maker and soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Ethan Allen led the group of soldiers known as The Green Mountain Boys. On May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen along with Benedict Arnold, led a group of American troops and captured [[Fort Ticonderoga]]. It was the first American victory of the war. <ref>http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/capture-of-fort-ticonderoga</ref> He also participated in the Battle of Longue-Pointe in Montreal, Canada on September 25, 1775. | + | '''Ethan Allen''' was born on January 10, 1738 in Litchfield, [[Connecticut]]. He was a furniture maker and soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Ethan Allen led the group of soldiers known as The [[Green Mountain Boys]]. On May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen along with Benedict Arnold, led a group of American troops and captured [[Fort Ticonderoga]]. It was the first American victory of the war. <ref>[http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/capture-of-fort-ticonderoga The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga]</ref> He also participated in the Battle of Longue-Pointe in Montreal, Canada on September 25, 1775. |
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| | Allen wrote a book called ''Reason, the only Oracle of Man: Or, a Compendious System of Natural Religion'' in which he promotes Deism and criticizes theistic religion like Christianity. | | Allen wrote a book called ''Reason, the only Oracle of Man: Or, a Compendious System of Natural Religion'' in which he promotes Deism and criticizes theistic religion like Christianity. |
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| + | * "In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9U6qXPSwqOQC&pg=PA171 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 44 1890], Ethan Allen's Language at Ticonderoga</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category: American Revolutionary War Commanders]] | | [[Category: American Revolutionary War Commanders]] |
| | [[Category: Deists]] | | [[Category: Deists]] |
| | [[Category: Philosophers]] | | [[Category: Philosophers]] |