On May 10, 1775, a small group of New Englanders, known as the (12), led by (13) captured the British Fort Ticonderoga at Lake Champlain. Committees of (14) sent out calls for volunteers to join the militias. In June, 1775, redcoats charged militia members on (15). The colonists ran out of (16) and withdrew, but the British suffered heavy losses. The (17) did not consider unfair taxes and regulations sufficient cause for rebellion. The (18), however, were determined to fight for independence.