Fort Ticonderoga and America’s Quest for Independence

American Revolution
Written By Tom Hand

During the American Revolution, Fort Ticonderoga was a strongpoint on the natural waterway between the American colonies and British-controlled Canada. The cannons captured there provided the heavy artillery General Washington needed to intimidate the British out of Boston.

Tom Hand, creator and publisher of Americana Corner, discusses how the capture of Fort Ticonderoga played a key part in America’s quest for independence, and why it still matters today.

Images courtesy of the Library of Congress, National Archives, Wikipedia.

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