Colonial America
Colonial Events in Vermont
26 events — 1492 to early statehood
8,500 BC
Champlain Sea Formation
Vermont · Other · Pre-Columbian
1534
Iroquois Mohawks Drive Tribes from Champlain Valley
Vermont · Other · Colonial Period
1609
Champlain Kills Iroquois Chief
Vermont · Other · Colonial Period
1666
Fort Sainte Anne Established on Isle La Motte
Vermont · Settlement · Colonial Period
1690
De Warm Stockade Established at Chimney Point
Vermont · Settlement · Colonial Period
1724
Fort Dummer Established, First Permanent British Settlement
Vermont · Settlement · Colonial Period
1734
Fort St. Frédéric Construction Begins
Vermont · Founding · Colonial Period
1759
Rogers' Rangers Attack on Saint-Francis
Vermont · Battle · Colonial Period
1763
Treaty of Paris Gives Region to British
Vermont · Treaty · Colonial Period
1764
King George III Order Establishes New York-Quebec Boundary
Vermont · Legislation · Colonial Period
1770
Green Mountain Boys Militia Formed
Vermont · Founding · Colonial Period
1775
Westminster Massacre
Vermont · Other · Colonial Period
1777
Vermont Constitution Abolishes Slavery
Vermont · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1777
Burgoyne Surrenders at Saratoga
Vermont · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1777
Constitution of Vermont Drafted
Vermont · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1777
Battle of Bennington
Vermont · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1777
Vermont Republic Declared Independent
Vermont · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1780
Haldimand Affair: Vermont Negotiates with British
Vermont · Other · Revolutionary Era
1781
Vermont Gazette First Newspaper Published
Vermont · Other · Revolutionary Era
1782
New Hampshire Boundary Agreement with Vermont
Vermont · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1783
Treaty of Paris Recognizes Vermont Territory
Vermont · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1783
Congress Approves Vermont Invasion, Washington Scuttles It
Vermont · Other · Revolutionary Era
1787
Hamilton Proposes Vermont Admission in New York Legislature
Vermont · Legislation · Early Republic
1790
New York Agrees to Admit Vermont for $30,000
Vermont · Legislation · Early Republic
1791
Jefferson and Madison Tour Vermont
Vermont · Other · Early Republic
1791
Vermont Admitted as Fourteenth State
Vermont · Admission To Union · Early Republic
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