Please there is no need to shout I will recommend two things called books to you if you live in or near Vermont they will probably both be in your nearest public library Jellison Charles A  Ethan Allen Frontier Rebel Syracuse University Press ISBN   Jellison writes well about Allen and the grants dispute without the fawning Vermont bias your links present Van de Water Frederic The Reluctant Republic New York John Day  Van de Water is also not ridiculously biased even though hes a Vermont historian You ask what law was against the granters Pretty much all of the law except that of their own making was against them  The land they bought was improperly granted by Benning Wentworth the governor of New Hampshire  Some of the grants were made even after he agreed to stop doing so for example those purchased by Ethan Allen in the s were made after King George III ruled against Wentworth and declared the territory to be New Yorks  New York uncharitably refused to recognize Wentworths grants without paying additional fees to New York money most of the grantees did not have  This is what started the resistance The resistance was complicated by the fact that there were grantees who wanted New York rule this complication was especially problematic in the greater Brattleboro area  In my opinion this dispute had precious little to do with the Crown and lots to do with intercolonial territorial rivalries complicated by interpersonal rivalries  When you claim things like the crown was trying to steal their land its like someone whose car title has been declared invalid by a judge complaining that the President of the United States is trying to steal his car  This is silly Just because William French represents the common folk doesnt mean he gets to have a whole Wikipedia article written about him  He needs to meet Wikipedias definition of notability for people for that see specifically WPE covering people known for a single event  The event is notable in my opinion  I knew of it from working on Ethan Allen but the person is not  I suggest you try your hand at writing Westminster massacre