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- During the American Revolution, Vermont declared independence separately from the original 13 colonies, although the Continental Congress refused to recognize it. Vermont was finally admitted to the union as the 14th state in 1790, after 14 years as an independent republic.
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Nov 9, 2009 · Vermont became the first state to legally recognize civil unions between partners of the same sex in April 2000. Nine years later, the state legislature granted full marriage rights to same-sex...
Dec 1, 2019 · On March 4, 1791, Vermont was officially admitted to the Union as a free state opposing the slave state of Kentucky, officially ending the sovereign Vermont Republic. Joshua Nichols is a Vermont Maturity contributing editor.
Vermont became the first state to enter the Union after the original 13 states. The revised constitution of 1786, which established a greater separation of powers, continued in effect until 1793, two years after Vermont's admission to the Union.
posed in 1777, Vermont was not admitted into the Union until 1791. A lengthy and often bitter debate in the Continental Congress preceded Vermont's eventual statehood-a debate in which the delegates from Connecticut played a conspicuous role. The Connecticut delegates to the Continental Congress were con
Mar 4, 2012 · The independent Republic of Vermont became the 14th US state and officially entered the union on March 4, 1791. At this point there were 85,539 people living in 185 towns, according to a...
- Greg Guma
Although Vermont became the 14th state in 1791, construction of its state house at Montpelier was not completed until 1833. Vermont became the first state outside of the 13 original colonies to be welcomed into the Union on March 4, 1791. The French originally settled Vermont, starting in the 1600s. The first British settlers didn't arrive ...
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March 4, 1791 - Vermont is added as the 14th State. Carved from portions of New York and New Hampshire, and first known as New Connecticut, Vermont spent fourteen years as an independent republic before joining the Union.
