may 10, 1775 - Surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
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It was manned by only 48 British soldiers, American forces recognized its geographic importance and its stockpile of cannon, guns, and other weapons. Fort Ticonderoga was located in a strategically important route between the colonies and England’s Northern provinces . The Massachusetts Committee of Safety authorized a secret mission that would be led by Colonel Benedict Arnold to seize the fort.
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