Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738  – February 12, 1789) was a farmer; businessman; land speculator; philosopher; writer; and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont, and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War along with Benedict Arnold.
== Tossup Questions ==
# This man was publicly inoculated for smallpox by Dr. Thomas Young in violation of the law. With his brothers, this man founded the Onion River Land Company. Late in his life, he published the anti-Christian tract, Reason: the Only Oracle of Man. Governor William Tryon once put out a one hundred pound bounty for his arrest. This man was held prisoner by the British after unsuccessfully attempting to take (*) Montreal under General Philip Schuyler. He had earlier helped Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga. He threatened to join Canada if New York prevented the independent statehood of Vermont. For 10 points, name this leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
# After being released from Pendennis Castle, this man treasonously engaged in talks with the Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand. This man claimed that a religion based on reason could fight superstition, even though it was not part of the natural state, in his deist book Reason: The Only Oracle of Man. Earlier, he had been captured at the Battle of Longue-Pointe, which was his attempted capture of Montreal without the aid of Richard Montgomery, and he also unsuccessfully attempted a raid on Fort St. Johns. This man roused up a (*) militia in order to protect areas of New Hampshire from New York surveyors, and with that same group he aided Benedict Arnold in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. For 10 points, name this leader of the Green Mountain Boys who is considered one of the founders of Vermont.
# Later in his life, he published a work that ridiculed both the Old and New Testaments, Reason the Only Oracle of Man. In one position, he worked with Seth Warner and would play an instrumental role in winning the battle of Bennington. He negotiated with British Canada to make his home state a Canadian province, an incident that nearly caused him to be charged with treason. However, his actions provided artillery for the American siege of Boston and, working with Benedict Arnold, he secured American control of the Lake Champlain region. FTP, name this man who captured Fort Ticonderoga, a Vermont native who led the Green Mountain Boys.