Crown Point
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Crown Point a town on Lake Champlain, New York, that was the site the French fort Fort Frederic. It fell to British forces under Maj. Gen.
Jeffrey Amherst in 1759 in the
French and Indian War (1754–63). The British began a new fort, Fort Amherst (later named
Crown Point). The fort was captured in May 1775 by the
Green Mountain Boys. It was finally abandoned in 1777 to Gen.
John Burgoyne.
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