Search results
The Vermont Republic officially known at the time as the State of Vermont, was an independent state in New England that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791. [1]
- The Vermont Republic: 1777-1791
- The State of Muskogee: 1799-1803
- The Republic of West Florida: 1810
- The Republic of Fredonia: 1826-1827
- The Indian Stream Republic: 1832-1835
- The California Republic: 1846
Before it became a U.S. state, Vermont spent 14 years as a de facto independent republic. The breakaway had its roots in a dispute with the neighboring state of New York, which claimed Vermont’s land as its own. By the 1770s, Vermont-based militias such as Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys had resorted to attacking government officials and rent col...
Few figures from early American history had a more colorful resume than William Augustus Bowles. The swashbuckling Marylander served in a British loyalist unit during the American Revolution, but left the army in 1779 and married into a tribe of Creek Indians in Spanish Florida. After becoming a Creek chief, Bowles hatched a scheme to unite the Ind...
In the early 1800s, the United States and Spain were embroiled in a dispute over “West Florida,” a small slice of the Gulf Coast that encompassed parts of what are now Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Spain claimed the land as its own, while the United States argued it had bought it from the French as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The...
Nearly a decade before there was a Republic of Texas, there was the shorter-lived—and much less successful—Republic of Fredonia. The ill-fated state dates to the mid-1820s, when an American land speculator named Haden Edwards secured a grant from the Mexican government to settle 800 pioneer families around Nacogdoches, Texas. A series of local feud...
In 1832, the residents of the tiny New England community of Indian Stream declared independence—from whom, they weren’t entirely sure. Ever since the end of the American Revolution, Indian Stream had been at the center of a border dispute between the United States and British-controlled Canada. Both sides claimed that the prescribed borderline plac...
One of history’s shortest revolutions began on June 14, 1846, when a small outfit of American settlers staged an uprising against the authorities of Mexican-controlled California. After seizing the town of Sonoma and arresting its Mexican commandant, the rebels raised a new flag—a picture of a grizzly bear and a lone red star—and declared the forma...
Apr 19, 2024 · The Erie Canal opened in 1825, carrying Vermont settlers to Ohio and other western areas. Irish laborers came to work on Vermont railroads, the first of which opened in 1848. After 1850: Agriculture declined and farmers left for the cities or better farms in the Midwest.
Mar 15, 2010 · One month later, on July 2, 1777, a convention of 72 delegates met in Windsor, Vermont, to adopt the state’s new—and revolutionary—constitution; it was formally adopted on July 8, 1777.
- Missy Sullivan
- 2 min
Feb 4, 2023 · But although calm and economic prosperity came to Vermont, the republic was technically still in a state of rebellion against New York and the United States. So, how did Vermont manage to remain independent, and why did it choose this path?
The Vermont State Constitution established Vermont as an independent republic. Vermont did not join the US until 1791. Article one of the Vermont Constitution says, “all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights.”
People also ask
Is Vermont a state or a country?
When did Vermont become a state?
Why did Vermont become part of the United States?
Is Vermont a good state?
Why is Vermont called the state of Vermont?
Was Vermont a part of the British Empire?
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.
