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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.
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Vermont was admitted to the Union by 1 Stat. 191 on March 4, 1791. Vermont's admission act is the shortest of all state admissions, and Vermont is "the only state admitted without conditions of any kind, either those prescribed by the Congress or the state from which it was carved". [ 26 ]
- Delaware. December 7, 1787. (ratified)
- Pennsylvania. December 12, 1787. (ratified)
- New Jersey. December 18, 1787. (ratified)
- Georgia. January 2, 1788. (ratified)
In 1791, Vermont joined the federal Union as the fourteenth state—becoming the first state to enter the Union after the original Thirteen Colonies, and as a counterweight to slaveholding Kentucky, which was admitted to the Union the following year.
Nov 9, 2009 · Vermont was finally admitted to the union as the 14th state in 1790, after 14 years as an independent republic.
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.
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May 14, 2019 · Vermont joined the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state. Settlement Of Vermont. Native Americans first settled Vermont between 7000 and 1000 BC. The Algonquian tribes including the Abenaki and Mohican people settled in west Vermont where they traded in bows and arrows.