History
After 1724, Province of Massachusetts Bay built Fort Dummer near Brattleboro, as well as 3 other forts along the northern portion of the Connecticut River to protect against raids by Native Americans further south into Western Massachusetts. After 1749, Benning Wentworth, the Royal Governor of New Hampshire, granted land to anyone in a land granting scheme designed to enrich himself and his family. After 1763, settlement increased due to easing security concerns after the end of the French and Indian Wars. The Province of New York had made grants of land, often in areas overlapping similar grants made by the Province of New Hampshire, this issue having to be resolved by the King in 1764 granting the land to New York but the area was popularly known as the New Hampshire Grants. The "Green Mountain Boys", led by Ethan Allen, was a militia force that supported the New Hampshire claims and fought the British during the American Revolution.
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