Fort Ticonderoga the Gibraltar of Colonial North America

di Deaver Brown (Autore)

Simply Media, 2022

Fort Ticonderoga was a bastion that protected Colonial North America from invasion into the US from Canada and Canada from the US later. Burgoyne used Mount Defiance above the Fort to threaten the Americans in the Fort. This led the Continental troops to withdraw which left the waterway from Quebec to Albany and down to New York City open for British troops and supplies. John Brown attempted to retake the Fort with 500 men in 1777 but was held off by the small British garrison of 100 men. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington believed the Americans could not take and hold the Fort due to the dominance of the British in the area. Having limited troops and supplies, Washington elected not to make the attempt at all.In 1781 the British abandoned the Fort after losing the Battle of Saratoga in 1781 and the Fort ceased to be of military value thereafter.In the meantime, Fort Ticonderoga had helped prevent the Americans from annexing part or all of Canada, contributed to the French losing Quebec, and protected the Americans from the British invading America on several occasions when the Americans controlled the Fort.

• Autore: Deaver Brown
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 00:39:30
• Anno edizione: 2022
• Editore: Simply Media
• EAN: 9781614960492

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