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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.
- Missy Sullivan
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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.
On August 20, 1781, the Confederation Congress of the United States passed resolutions saying it would not consider admitting that state to the Union unless Vermont would renounce its claims to territory east of the Connecticut River and west of Lake Champlain.
Nov 9, 2009 · Vermont was finally admitted to the union as the 14th state in 1790, after 14 years as an independent republic.
On February 18, 1791, an Act of Congress, the first Congress, third session, admitted Vermont into the United States. They would be fully part of the United States by March 4, 1791. The census stated that 85,425 people lived in the new state in 1791.
Vermont was admitted to the union as the 14th state on March 4, 1791. It is the only state to be admitted to the union with no conditions attached, and its state constitution is the same as its constitution as an independent republic, with just a few amendments added since then.
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Why did it take 14 years before Vermont became part of the United States? In 1777, the thirteen colonies were fighting the Revolutionary War with England. They were too busy to stop Vermont from becoming an independent state.
