Saving the Guns: Henry Knox and the Cannons of Ticonderoga

1. What important resource did General Washington desperately need to break the siege of Boston?

2. Why did Henry Knox believe he could retrieve the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga even though he had no formal training as an artillery officer?

3. How much total weight did all the cannons and mortars that Knox needed to transport add up to?

4. What dangerous situation occurred at Lake George that nearly stopped Knox's mission?

5. Why did Knox give the cannon train the name "Noble Train of Artillery"?