“Ethan Allen - Prior to the American War for Independence, he and his brothers became the leaders of the Green Mountain Boys who tried to keep unsettled land away from becoming part of the colony of New York. The Governor of New York put a price on the heads of him and two of his followers, but Ethan was not captured. After the outbreak of the American Revolution, he made the Green Mountain Boys into an independent patriot organization. Joined by Benedict Arnold and some Connecticut militia, Ethan Allen and his men captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British on May 10, 1775. Legend says that when the British officer asked him under what authority he acted, Ethan Allen roared, “In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!” Allen then urged an expedition against Canada, and the Green Mountain Boys tried to capture Montreal before the main Continental army arrived Ethan Allen was captured (Sept., 1775) by the British. In 1778 he was exchanged for a captured British man. He returned to Vermont, which had declared its independence from England but was not yet recognized as a state by the Continental Congress. Ethan and his brother Ira then devoted themselves to keeping Vermont from becoming part of Great Britain. Ethan Allen died before Vermont became a state of the United States.”

“Ethan Allen did not sign the Declaration of Independence.”

“No he didn't”