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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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Nov 9, 2009 · Vermont was finally admitted to the union as the 14th state in 1790, after 14 years as an independent republic.
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.
- Settlement of Vermont
- Vermont Becomes A State
- The American Civil War
Native Americans first settled Vermont between 7000 and 1000 BC. The Algonquiantribes including the Abenaki and Mohican people settled in west Vermont where they traded in bows and arrows. The Cowasucks settled in north Eastern Vermont while the Sokoki settled in the southern regions. The French were the first Europeans to explore Vermont where the...
The 13 coloniesseeking independence from Britain were too focused on the Revolutionary War to notice that Vermont was seeking independence of its own. The Continental Congress and the state of New York rejected the idea of establishing a new state, forcing the territory to exist as an independent state from 1777 to 1791. The British tried severally...
In 1854 Vermont passed a resolution abolishing the slavery movement in the state while questioning how the government could let people enslave others. A majority of the citizens supported the abolishment of slavery and in 1860 overwhelmingly voted for Abraham Lincoln. About 28,000 Vermonters served in the United States Navy and Army during the Civi...
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 ...
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.
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Mar 4, 2012 · Five weeks later, on Feb. 18, the US Congress agreed to admit the region. The independent Republic of Vermont became the 14th US state and officially entered the union on March 4, 1791.
