Editing Ethan Allen (section)

===Westminster massacre===
{{main|Westminster massacre}}
Allen traveled into the northern parts of the Grants early in 1775 for solitude and to hunt for game and land opportunities.<ref name="Jellison97">Jellison, p. 97</ref> A few days after his return, news came that blood had finally been shed over the land disputes. Most of the resistance activity had taken place on the west side of the [[Green Mountains]] until then, but [[Westminster massacre|a small riot]] broke out in [[Westminster (town), Vermont|Westminster]] on March 13 and led to the deaths of two men.<ref name="Holbrook85">Holbrook, p. 85</ref> Allen and a troop of Green Mountain Boys traveled to Westminster where the town's convention adopted a resolution to draft a plea to the King to remove them "out of so oppressive a jurisdiction".<ref name="Jellison99_0">Jellison, pp. 99–100</ref> It was assigned to a committee which included Allen.<ref name="Holbrook86">Holbrook, p. 86</ref> The American Revolutionary War began less than a week after the Westminster convention ended, while Allen and the committee worked on their petition.<ref name="B113">Bellesiles, p. 113</ref>