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  1. Mar 15, 2010 · However, as the politics of slavery threatened to divide the U.S., Vermont was finally admitted as the new nation’s 14th state in 1791, serving as a free counterbalance to slaveholding Kentucky ...

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  2. The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]

  3. 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 general ...

  4. vermont.how › guides › how-vermont-became-a-stateHow Vermont Became a State

    Mar 9, 2023 · On March 4, 1791, Vermont was officially admitted to the Union. This marked the end of Vermont’s long struggle for statehood and the beginning of a new era of freedom and prosperity for the people of Vermont. Post-Statehood Vermont’s role in the Union. Vermont was the first state to join the Union after the original 13 colonies.

  5. After 14 years, New York agreed that Vermont could become part of the United States. But first, Vermont had to pay $30,000 to New York. That was a lot of money in 1791, but Vermont wanted to join the United States. So Vermont paid the money to New York. On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state! The new state was in the north.

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  7. 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 state was founded in January 1777, when delegates from 28 towns met and declared independence from the jurisdictions and land claims of the British colonies of Quebec , New Hampshire , and New York .

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