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[[image:allenticonderoga.jpg|300px|thumb|Allen at Fort Ticonderoga, 1775]]

[[image:allenticonderoga.jpg|300px|thumb|Allen at Fort Ticonderoga, 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.  

'''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, where he was captured by the British.  He was held until 1778 when his release was negotiated as a part of a prisoner exchange.

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.