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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. How Vermont Almost Became a Province of CanadaBy Grey WolffeDuring the Revolutionary War; what became the State of Vermont; was in a position of ambiguity. Originally called the New Hampshire Grants; it was the land west of the Connecticut River; north of the Massachusetts border. One problem was that under the original royal grants; what is now Vermont (or parts of it) was claimed by four other colonies.Connecticutrsquo;s original charter; gave it all the land west of the Connecticut River up to the Canadian border. Massachusetts claimed all of the land west of the Connecticut River north of the Connecticut border. New York claimed all of the land west of the Connecticut River and twenty miles east of the Hudson River. New Hampshire claimed all of the land between its borders and New York up to the Hudson River.These multiple claims created a problem when people from Connecticut were recruited to settle the land with Grants issued by New Hampshire (hence the name). This wasnrsquo;t a problem until New York began giving grants of land; many of which were forty or fifty miles east of the Hudson. Ethan Allen; he friends and neighbors (who became the Green Mountain Boys; and then Rangers); didnrsquo;t care who was supposed to ldquo;ownrdquo; the Grants; they just knew it was their land and they werenrsquo;t going to give it up what they had built without a fight.This is the story of how Vermont became a pawn between the claimant States both during and after the Revolutionary War. There were only the major battles around Bennington and Fort Ticonderoga; but there were also many forays both into Canada and from Canada during the war. Ethan Allen who was a controversial personality; with his brothers; was never officially a member of the Continental Army and his capture and later release by the British just compounded the problem.Because so much was not recorded or was lost; itrsquo;s difficult to find the truth. Much of Bennettrsquo;s information comes from diary entries and letters; which can be biased towards or against Allen. Allenrsquo;s diary can be read as written by a man who had a lot to explain and did so where he came out in the best light. Other people had just the opposite plan. The information presented by Bennett can be at ad nauseam for most people and even tedious for an historian; so be forewarned.Zeb Kantrowitz zworstblog.blogspot.com0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Ethan Allen and Revolutionary VermontBy A. A. NofiA summary of the review on StrategyPage.Com:In A Few Lawless Vagabonds Bennett weaves several little told but quite interesting stories to give us an informative and revealing look at a curious corner of in the Revolutionary War; the self-proclaimed ldquo;Republic of Vermont.rdquo; The tale revolves around the life of Allen; an iconic hero of the war who; Bennett reminds us; like many heroes has had his exploits embroidered; occasionally by himself (a Deist invoking ldquo;the Great Jehovahrdquo; to demand the surrender of Ft. Ticonderoga?) . But it touches upon English colonial policy; disputed land claims; ldquo;staterdquo; rivalries; contemporary religious thought; local loyalties; woodland warfare; frontier ldquo;democracy;rdquo; Patriot; Royal; and Vermont policy and strategy; and more. Allen seems less an American patriot than a Vermont patriot; as well as a successful businessman and self-promoter. An very interesting book.For the full review; see StrategyPage.Com4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Ethan Allen and the Formation of the Republic of VermontBy Ron TitusIn A Few Lawless Vagabonds; David Bennett provides plenty of background and details regarding Ethan Allen and his cronies involvement in the formation of the Republic of Vermont before; during and after the American Revolution. My earliest impression of this time and place was from the book I Was There With Ethan Allen And The Green Mountain Boys which glossed over the details to tell a decent story. And the details are what makes A Few Lawless Vagabonds such an interesting read.David Bennett opens with a reconstruction of the problems facing the New Hampshire Grants settlers in relation to New Hampshire; New York; Massachusetts; and Connecticut. The British Crown only confused matters. Ethan Allen became involved in opposing the enforcement of New York claims in the region; raising the Green Mountain Boys as a militia. That same militia was used at the beginning of the American Revolution to seize Ticonderoga; Crown Point and the invasion of Canada in 1775. After Ethan Allen was captured in 1775; the focus of the book switches to Ira Allen and others involved in the forming of Vermont as a separate state/colony/republic. Bennett carefully documents the involvement of the state in the destruction of Burgoyne during the Saratoga campaign. He also documents the cease fire and neutrality practiced by Vermonts government and the case that can be made that Allen and his cronies would have been willing to rejoin Britain to gain their independence from New York. In the end; after a few years as a independent republic; Vermont became the fourteenth state of the United States. Ethan Allen and his cronies did succeed to that extent.David Bennett provides a readable; yet scholarly look at the background and formation of Vermont as an independent entity while providing an in-depth look at the characters and events that made this possible.