Ethan Allen

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

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Born: 1796
Died: 1879
Works: 18

Top works

The address of the Cuban League to the people of the United States
Maryland toleration, or, Sketches of the early history of Maryland to the year 1650
A discourse delivered in Christ Church, Washington, D.C., in April last at the request of the Board of Managers of the Washington City Temperance Society in aid of its cause
The history of Maryland
Clergy in Maryland of the Protestant Episcopal Church since the independence of 1783

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1985-05-02

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Discography

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Listeners: 85
Total plays: 2,187

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Quotes

“The gods of the valley are not the gods of the hills, and you shall understand it.”
“In the name of the great Jehovah, and the Continental Congress!”
“It is bad policy to fear the resentment of an enemy.”
“Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt a sincere passion for liberty. The history of nations doomed to perpetual slavery, in consequence of yielding up to tyrants their natural born liberties, I read with a sort of philosophical horror; so that the first systematical and bloody attempt at Lexington, to enslave America, thoroughly electrified my mind, and fully determined me to take part with my country.”
“I didn’t hire you to come here and lie! That’s a true note. I signed it. I’ll pay it.… What I employed you for was to get this business put over to the next court — not come here and lie and juggle about it!”
“To suppose that God Almighty has confined his goodness to this world, to the exclusion of all others, is much similar to the idle fancies of some individuals in this world, that they, and those of their communion or faith, are the favorites of heaven exclusively; but these are narrow and bigoted conceptions, which are degrading to a rational nature, and utterly unworthy of God, of whom we should form the most exalted ideas.”

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Key facts

Born: January 21, 1738 ( 1738-01-21 ) , Litchfield , Connecticut Colony , British America
Died: February 12, 1789 (1789-02-12) (aged 51), Burlington , Vermont Republic
Buried: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington
Allegiance: Connecticut Colony (1757) , United Colonies (1775–1776) , United States (1778–1781) , Vermont Republic (1779–1780)
Branch: Connecticut Militia , Continental Army , Vermont Militia
Rank: Major general (Vermont Republic) , Colonel ( Continental Army )
Commands: Green Mountain Boys , Fort Ticonderoga
Conflicts: American Revolutionary War Capture of Fort Ticonderoga Invasion of Quebec Battle of Longue-Pointe ( Prisoner of war</span>"}]]}'>POW )
Children: Fanny Allen
Relations: Ira Allen (brother)
Other work: Farmer, writer, politician, land speculator, philosopher

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date of birth: 1738-00-00
date of death: 1789-01-01
name in native language: Ethan Allen

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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.

Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s, he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Legal setbacks led to the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, whom Allen led in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the Grants. He and the Patriot-aligned Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. In September 1775, Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal which resulted in his capture by the British. He was imprisoned aboard ships of the Royal Navy, then paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange in 1778.