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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 ...
He named the lake after himself and made the first known map of the area. The land that is now Vermont remained part of New France until 1763. The French had a military presence around Lake Champlain, since it was an important waterway, [23] but they did very little colonization.
Hand, Samuel B. and Paul M. Searls. "Transition Politics: Vermont, 1940–1952," Vermont History (1994) 62#1 pp 1–25; Hand, Samuel B. and H. N. Muller, eds. In a state of nature: Readings in Vermont history (1982) Harrison, Blake. The View from Vermont: Tourism and the Making of an American Rural Landscape (Hanover: University Press of New ...
no change to map: April 4, 1781 Vermont again claimed an East Union, consisting of some towns in New Hampshire that wished to join with Vermont; more towns were interested than during the first attempt in 1778, though again, the exact extent of the borders is unknown. Vermont never gained full control over the area.
Negotiations between New York and Vermont in 1790 removed impediments to Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791. Delaware Wedge Delaware Maryland Pennsylvania: 1750s 1921 A gore created when the borders of the colonies Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania were defined. Dispute over the borders between the three colonies dates to the ...
Republic of Indian Stream (1832–1835) is represented on the map as the disputed territory between Maine and New Hampshire of the U.S. and Quebec and New Brunswick of Canada. Republic of Madawaska (1827) is represented on the map as the disputed territory between Maine (U.S.) and Canada. The area, known as Madawaska Valley, was transferred to ...
Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers Mount Mansfield Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)). [1] Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby. The U.S. state of Vermont is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles (24,900 km 2), making it the 45th-largest state.
Imperial powers in 1914 Map of Asia for early 20th century. British colonies in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia: British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937) British Ceylon (1815–1948, now Sri Lanka) British Hong Kong (1842–1997)