Statehood 1791

Vermont

The territory that became Vermont was subject to British colonial land grants known as the New Hampshire Grants, issued between 1749 and 1764 by Governor Benning Wentworth, though the land was also claimed by the Province of New York. In January 1777, delegates from 28 towns declared independence from British colonial jurisdictions, founding the Vermont Republic, a de facto unrecognized independent state. Vermont briefly negotiated with Britain to join the Province of Quebec, but following the Franco-American victory at Yorktown in 1781, it turned toward union with the United States and was admitted as the fourteenth state on March 4, 1791.

Statehood
1791
Historic sites
914
Military engagements
40

Pre-contact era

Human history of Native American settlement in Vermont can be divided into the hunter-gatherer Archaic Period, from c. 7000–1000 BC, and the sedentary Woodland Period, from c. 1000 BC to AD 1600. The geologic history of Vermont begins more than 450 million years ago during the Cambrian and Devonian periods.

Colonial history

The territory was disputed between the Province of New Hampshire and the Province of New York. The resulting dispute led to the eventual establishment of the Vermont Republic.

The Vermont Republic was a de facto unrecognized independent state that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791, without diplomatic recognition from any foreign power. Vermont conducted negotiations to join the Province of Quebec, which were accepted by the British, but ended negotiations following the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781.

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914
National Register historic sites
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40
Military engagements
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1
Civil War regiments
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1
Indigenous groups
Heritage records ›
6
Notable figures
Born in Vermont ›
26
Colonial-era events
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Vermont counties
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Sources

State history content adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Historic sites data: National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

About Vermont

When did Vermont become a state?
Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791.
What European powers colonized Vermont?
The territory that became Vermont passed through several colonial periods. The territory was disputed between the Province of New Hampshire and the Province of New York. The resulting dispute led to the eventual establishment of the Vermont Republic. The Vermont Republic was a de facto unrecognized independent state that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791, without diplomatic recognition from any foreign power. Vermont conducted negotiations to join the Provi
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