'''Fort Ticonderoga''' was a fort in [[New York]] sitting on the coast of [[Lake Champlain]]. It built by the [[France|French]] in 1755 as Fort Carillon. During the [[French and Indian War]] (1754-1763), the fort was attacked twice by the [[British]] (unsuccessfully in 1758, captured and renamed in 1759). In 1775, during the [[American Revolutionary War]], [[Benedict Arnold]], [[Ethan Allen]], and his [[Green Mountain Boys]] from [[Vermont]] surprised the British and captured the fort. Later in the war, it was retaken by the British, but abandoned after the [[Battle of Saratoga]]. | '''Fort Ticonderoga''' was a fort in [[New York]] sitting on the coast of [[Lake Champlain]]. It built by the [[France|French]] in 1755 as Fort Carillon. During the [[French and Indian War]] (1754-1763), the fort was attacked twice by the [[British]] (unsuccessfully in 1758, captured and renamed in 1759). In 1775, during the [[American Revolutionary War]], [[Benedict Arnold]], [[Ethan Allen]], and his [[Green Mountain Boys]] from [[Vermont]] surprised the British and captured the fort. Later in the war, it was retaken by the British, but abandoned after the [[Battle of Saratoga]]. |