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#REDIRECT [[Capture of Fort Ticonderoga]]
:''This article is about the American Revolutionary War battle. For the French and Indian War battle, see [[Battle of Crown Point (1758)]]''

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|{{Infobox Military Conflict
||conflict=Battle of Crown Point
||image=[[Image:South view of crown point 1760.jpg|200px]]
||caption=Fort Crown Point seen in 1760, 5 years after the battle
||partof=the [[American Revolutionary War]]
||date=[[May 12]], [[1775]]
||place=[[Fort Crown Point]], [[New York]]
||result=Fort captured by American colonists
||combatant2=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
||combatant1=[[Vermont]],<br>[[Connecticut]]
||commander2=
||commander1=[[Seth Warner]]
||strength2=9
||strength1=
||casualties2=9 captured
||casualties1=None
||}}
|-
|{{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Canada}}
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The '''Battle of Crown Point''' was a battle during the [[American Revolutionary War]] which took place [[May 12]], [[1775]] at [[Fort Crown Point]] on the shore of [[Lake Champlain]] near what is now [[Crown Point, New York]]. American forces under [[Seth Warner]], one of [[Ethan Allen]]'s [[Green Mountain Boys]], were victorious and captured the fort.

The battle took place a day after the Americans captured the poorly-guarded [[Capture of Fort Ticonderoga|Fort Ticonderoga]], one of the opening actions of the Revolutionary War. The fall of Ticonderoga came shortly after the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]]. The Americans had decided to seize Fort Ticonderoga before it could be reinforced by the British, who might then use the fort to stage attacks on the American rear.

Fort Crown Point was the largest earthen fort built in [[North America]] and was located on the shore of Lake Champlain, about 10 miles down the shore from Ticonderoga.

Warner marched a detachment up the lake shore and captured nearby Fort Crown Point, garrisoned by only nine men. On May 12, Allen sent the prisoners to Connecticut's Governor [[Jonathan Trumbull]] noting that ''"I make you a present of a Major, a Captain, and two Lieutenants of the regular Establishment of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George the Third]]."''

==References==
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[[Category:Battles involving the United States]]
[[Category:1775 in the United States]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1775]]
[[Category:Battles of the American Revolutionary War|Battle of Crown Point]]
[[Category:New York in the American Revolution]]

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