`  :Please, there is no need to shout. :I will recommend two things called books to you; if you live in or near Vermont, they will probably both be in your nearest public library: :*Jellison, Charles A (1969). Ethan Allen: Frontier Rebel. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2141-8.  Jellison writes well about Allen and the grants dispute without the fawning Vermont bias your links present. :*Van de Water, Frederic. The Reluctant Republic, New York: John Day, 1941. Van de Water is also not ridiculously biased, even though he's a Vermont historian. :You ask ``what law?`` was against the granters? Pretty much all of the law except that of their own making was against them.  The land they bought was improperly granted by Benning Wentworth, the governor of New Hampshire.  Some of the grants were made even after he agreed to stop doing so (for example, those purchased by Ethan Allen in the 1770s were made after King George III ruled against Wentworth and declared the territory to be New York's).  New York uncharitably refused to recognize Wentworth's grants without paying additional fees to New York; money most of the grantees did not have.  This is what started the resistance. :The resistance was complicated by the fact that there were grantees who wanted New York rule; this complication was especially problematic in the greater Brattleboro area.  In my opinion, this dispute had precious little to do with the Crown, and lots to do with inter-colonial territorial rivalries, complicated by interpersonal rivalries.  When you claim things like ``the crown was trying to steal their land``, it's like someone whose car title has been declared invalid by a judge complaining that the President of the United States is trying to steal his car.  This is silly. :Just because William French ``represents the common folk`` doesn't mean he gets to have a whole Wikipedia article written about him.  He needs to meet Wikipedia's definition of notability for people for that (see specifically WP:1E, covering people known for a single event).  The event is notable (in my opinion  I knew of it from working on Ethan Allen), but the person is not.  I suggest you try your hand at writing Westminster massacre. '''' `