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Following the Battle of Lake George General Johnson hurried to

Summary: Following the Battle of Lake George General Johnson hurried to strengthen defenses at the head of Lake George He erected a fort which he named Fort William Henry in honor of Prince William Henry grandson of King George II In 1757 the first real attempt was made by the French against this fortress In August of that year a large force of French and Indians led by Marquis de Montcalm secured the surrender of the fort after a six day siege The defenders were promised safe convoy to Fort Edward however a bloody massacre ensued sparked by the long history of war between the Adirondack Indian tribes involved The fort was then torn down and the logs set on fire This campaign was used by James Fenimore Cooper as the background for his famous novel The Last of the Mohicans The fort was reconstructed and opened to the public as a museum in 1953 Battles in this area continued during the French and Indian Wars and were followed by a short period of peace Ill feelings between the colonists and the British continued to mount and the war for American Independence finally began on April 9 1775 One month later Fort Ticonderoga was seized from the English by Ethan Allen Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress The fort fell without loss of a single life and was the first American victory during the Revolution In November General George Washington sent General Henry Knox to bring cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston They were dragged to Fort George by scow and then over the snow by sled to Boston Today there are markers at six mile intervals tracing the route which General Knox followed that winter Fort Ticonderoga was restored by the Pell family and is now open to the public Following the Battle of Lake George General Johnson hurried to strengthen defenses at the head of Lake George He erected a fort which he named Fort William Henry in honor of Prince William Henry grandson of King George II In 1757 the first real attempt was made by the French against this fortress In August of that year a large force of French and Indians led by Marquis de Montcalm secured the surrender of the fort after a six day siege The defenders were promised safe convoy to Fort Edward however a bloody massacre ensued sparked by the long history of war between the Adirondack Indian tribes involved The fort was then torn down and the logs set on fire This campaign was used by James Fenimore Cooper as the background for his famous novel The Last of the Mohicans The fort was reconstructed and opened to the public as a museum in 1953 Battles in this area continued during the French and Indian Wars and were followed by a short period of peace Ill feelings between the colonists and the British continued to mount and the war for American Independence finally began on April 9 1775 One month later Fort Ticonderoga was seized from the English by Ethan Allen Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress The fort fell without loss of a single life and was the first American victory during the Revolution In November General George Washington sent General Henry Knox to bring cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston They were dragged to Fort George by scow and then over the snow by sled to Boston Today there are markers at six mile intervals tracing the route which General Knox followed that winter Fort Ticonderoga was restored by the Pell family and is now open to the public

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