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Crown Point
Crown Point town (1990 pop. 1,963), Essex co., NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain. Crown Point is a summer resort on a historic site. The French began building Fort St. Frédéric in 1731. In the French and Indian Wars the fort successfully resisted (1755-56) early English attacks but was demolished (1759) before the advance of Jeffery Amherst . The British began a new fort, Fort Amherst (renamed Crown Point) in 1759. Early in the American Revolution, Crown Point was captured (May 12, 1775) by Seth Warner and a detachment of Green Mountain Boys, but it was abandoned (June 22, 1777) to Gen. John Burgoyne in the Saratoga campaign . Crown Point Reservation, with bathing and fishing facilities, a museum, and ruins of colonial forts, is nearby. |
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"Crown Point." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Crown Point." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CrownPoi.html "Crown Point." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CrownPoi.html |
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Crown Point
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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"Crown Point." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Crown Point." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-CrownPoint.html "Crown Point." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-CrownPoint.html |
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