![]() Enraged by the high-handedness of Yorker officials, Allen joined with like-minded Vermonters and formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770 to protect the grantees from ejection by force of arms. ![]() These were deeds of land sold by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth in the 1740s and 1750s that New York, which was granted authority over much of present-day Vermont by the Crown in 1764, refused to honor. The primary issue in these disputes was the legal status of the New Hampshire Grants. Bennett’s tale focuses on the Allens’ and Vermont’s troubled relationship with New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, the British in Canada, the King-in-Council, and the Continental Congress. ![]() Reviewed by Michael Verney (University of New Hampshire)ĭavid Bennett’s book examines the complex drama of Revolutionary-era Vermont through the career of its primary defender, Ethan Allen, and to a lesser extent, through Allen’s brothers Heman and Ira. ![]() A Few Lawless Vagabonds: Ethan Allen, the Republic of Vermont, and the American Revolution. ![]()
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