A fort was built at Crown Point in 1730 by the French. The British attacked it twice before the French finally destroyed it in 1759.
That same year the British began building a new fort for defending against the French.
In 1773 it was partially destroyed in a fire. Since nobody had seriously threatened the area in thirteen years, the British didn’t really care and chose to keep a skeleton staff of nine soldiers there.
So what made it such an important target to the Green Mountain Boys? Mike’s got the answer to that question.