(January 21, 1738–February 12, 1789), was an American Revolutionary War leader and Commander of the Green Mountain Boys. On the morning of May 10, 1775, in a surprise attack, Allen’s troops surrounded Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. Ethan Allen demanded that Captain de la Place surrender the fort instantly. The bewildered captain asked in whose name and in whose authority Allen was making such a demand. Ethan Allen responded:
In the Name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.1151