Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain is a natural freshwater lake found in upstate New York and Vermont, and which also runs into Quebec, Canada.It is located in the Champlain Valley between Vermont's Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. This article is about Lake Champlain and the towns and sites it encompasses. Lake Champlain is named for Samuel de Champlain a French explorer who came across the lake in 1609. Although local ports such as Plattsburgh NY and Burlington VT are rarely used today

(Lake Champlain) The Massachusetts Committee of Safety became suspicious of Arnold’s behavior and conduct. Benedict was fed up so he resigned his commission at Crown Point, New York. Arnold tried to persuade the General of New York into letting him invade Quebec

Benedict Arnold helped found the Rhode Island colony. His grandson was a wealthy merchant, taking goods across the Atlantic. Eventually, his wife died, turning him into the town drunk. It was his only surviving son who branded the name Benedict Arnold evil. The fourth Benedict Arnold was an active athlete. He often entertaining friends with tricks and feats. When he grew to adulthood, he was just as active. When Arnold marched the Connecticut militia to Massachusetts, he was given permission

I woke up in the morning and turned on my holographic phone. After I got out of bed my automatic clothes changer put me in a Halloween costume! When I saw the Halloween costume I immediately thought of my friends, Oliver Queen and Kara Danver. I picked up my phone then yelled to my mom that I was going over to the Queen’s family house. A second later my mom yelled back, “Ok, Barry. Be back fast.” I walked to my friend Oliver Queen’s house and he was reading a history book about Ticonderoga. “Hi.

played a key role in stopping supply lines, cutting British communications, plundering artillery and munition, and capturing other forts and ships around Lake Champlain. On the night of May 9th 200 Green Mountain Boys assembled under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold to capture Fort Ticonderoga. However only a small portion of the men could cross the lake to capture the fort as there weren’t enough boats for all the men. Fearful of losing the element of surprise Allen and Arnold decided to attack with

Vermont as a state is growing on me and I definitely feel a sense of place here. Ever since I visited Burlington I have been comfortable, the mountains and the lake are the main reason for my comfort. I remember being amazed looking in either direction and seeing the endless mountain ranges on the horizon, this was something I knew I could get used to. Perhaps the biggest reason I enjoy living in Burlington is it has a lot more going on than my hometown and also has a lot less going on at the same

went from turnpikes to canals, and later, canals to steamboats and railroads. One thing that this source talks about that very few do is the other canals that were built after the Erie Canal as a result of its success. These canals include the Champlain canal, the Union Canal, the Ohio Canal, the Pennsylvania Canal, and many more. I feel that my topic was fine as far as restrictions go. I do think though that it should have been limited to the Erie Canal only because that was by far the most

The Battle of Lake Champlain was an important victory because it created a dent in the British plan to invade from the North and it ultimately convinced the British to surrender the War of 1812, which caused the US to gain worldwide respect. To begin, the British had been trying to invade America from the south, but they had very little success. They then decided to try and invade from the North, using Plattsburg, a city on the shores of Lake Champlain, as their headquarters for the invasion. This

Benedict Arnold, “the most recognized name in American History 101” (Kullman, 2015), has become tantamount with the word traitor. Nowadays, Benedict Arnold has become infamous for his treacherous plot of giving West Point to the Redcoats, but I like to believe that most people overlook his paramount embroilment in the early stages of the Revolutionary War and the reasons that he decided to betray the United States. Arnold’s decision wasn’t one dimensional. In other words, many factors were prevalent

Why was the Battle of Lake Champlain an important victory? 25 min. 14 min. The Battle of Lake Champlain was an important victory because it convinced the British to surrender the War of 1812, which caused the US to gain worldwide respect. The Battle of Lake Champlain occurred when an American naval forces defeated a British naval fleet in September of 1814. It was at this point that Britain decided that it would be too expensive for the benefit they would receive to continue fighting the war. If