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they were able to use the cannons they captured at the fort to force the british to abandon the Boston harbor
Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga, and Henry Knox took the cannons to Boston.
Fort Ticonderoga was a British fort in upstate New York that contained much ammunition and other supplies. It wasn't guarded well, and so a patriot, Ethan Allen, siezed the fort and took all the supplies, which were very useful to the Patriots, who had few weapons.
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Fort Ticonderoga.
Henry Knox is responsible for bringing cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. This occurred during the capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
May 10, 1775, was the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, which occurred during the American Revolutionary War. This broke the standoff at the Siege of Boston.
Henry Knox arrived with fort cannons from Ticonderoga.
As the first rebel victory of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war. Cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga would be used during the successful Siege of Boston the following spring.
they were able to use the cannons they captured at the fort to force the british to abandon the Boston harbor
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 by Nathan Hale and his Green Mountain Boys led to weapons being taken that fortified Dorchester Heights and ended the Siege of Boston. This action impaired communication between northern and southern British units. Weapons obtained in the siege eventually forced the British out of Boston.
Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga, and Henry Knox took the cannons to Boston.
Fort Ticonderoga was a British fort in upstate New York that contained much ammunition and other supplies. It wasn't guarded well, and so a patriot, Ethan Allen, siezed the fort and took all the supplies, which were very useful to the Patriots, who had few weapons.
No, Fort Ticonderoga is located in what is now northern New York State on Lake Champlain.
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Relatively, yes, if you're talking latitude. However, Ticonderoga is not in Massachusetts, it's in New York, on the border of Vermont, just south of Lake Champlain. So it's pretty far northwest of Boston, not really near Boston at all.