Fort Ticonderoga
In May 1775, this famous militia group from Vermont surprised and captured the British garrison at Ticonderoga without a single casualty.
Green Mountain Boys
Sharing a border with Canada, Lake Champlain is primarily nestled between these two U.S. states.
Vermont and New York
It’s the capital of Vermont, and it holds the title of the least populous state capital in the United States.
Montpelier
This 1773 Boston protest against British taxation involved dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
This major Eastern US mountain range stretches from Alabama all the way up into Canada.
Appalachian Mountains
Originally built by the French in 1755, the fort was initially given this French name, meaning "carillon" or "chime," due to the sound of the nearby rivers.
Fort Carillon
In 1609, this French explorer stumbled upon the lake that now bears his name while aiding the Huron people in a battle against the Iroquois.
Samuel de Champlain
The name "Vermont" comes from the French words vert and mont, which translate to this English phrase.
Green Mountains
Triggered by the 1929 stock market crash, this decade-long economic downturn was the worst in industrialized history.
The Great Depression
This city is not only the capital of New York but also sits on the Hudson River.
Albany
This future traitor co-led the 1775 assault on Fort Ticonderoga alongside Ethan Allen, though the two famously bickered over who was actually in charge.
Benedict Arnold
This major, vibrant Vermont city sits on the eastern shore of the lake and is known for its bustling waterfront and views of the Adirondacks.
Burlington
This legendary, plesiosaur-like lake monster is said to inhabit the deep waters of Lake Champlain.
Champ
Abraham Lincoln issued this executive order on January 1, 1863, declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
Named after a famous explorer, this midwestern city is the capital of Ohio.
Columbus
After capturing the fort in 1777, the British held it until this decisive American victory further south forced them to largely abandon their northern strongholds.
Battle of Saratoga
This narrow, southern tip of Lake Champlain was the site of a pivotal 1775 Revolutionary War capture by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold.
Fort Ticonderoga
If you ask a local for a "creemee" in the summertime, you are going to get a Vermont-style version of this treat.
Soft serve ice cream
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence and later became the third US President.
Thomas Jefferson
Of the five Great Lakes, this one is the only one located entirely within the borders of the United States.
Lake Michigan
In the winter of 1775–1776, this former bookseller turned colonel transported 60 tons of heavy artillery from Ticonderoga to Boston to drive out the British.
Henry Knox
For a brief 18 days in March 1998, President Bill Clinton signed a bill that mistakenly (and famously) designated Lake Champlain as one of these national geographic features.
Great Lake
This poet spent much of his life living in the Vermont woods. He became Vermont's first Poet Laureate and is famous for poems such as "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Morning."
Robert Frost
On December 7, 1941, a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against this US naval base prompted the US entry into WWII.
Pearl Harbor
Located in Alaska, this mountain is the highest peak in North America.
Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley)