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Vermont Important Dates


Important Dates in Vermont History

  • 1724 The first permanent English settlement was made at Fort Dummer, near the site of present-day Brattleboro. Permanent settlement began in most of Vermont after 1760, when the English drove the French from the area.

  • 1749 - 1764 New Hampshire granted land for 129 towns in Vermont.

  • 1764 - 1776 New York claimed jurisdiction and tried to establish county governments in the area. Albany, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Charlotte counties of New York included what is now Vermont. When New York land grants conflicted with the earlier grants, New Hampshire pioneers formed the Green Mountain Boys to drive first the "Yorkers" and then the British from the area.

  • 1777 - 1791 Vermont was an independent republic until it joined the Union in 1791.

  • 1800 - 1816 Many people went to new lands in upstate New York to escape the War of 1812, cold seasons, floods, and epidemics. In one epidemic, more than 6,000 persons died.

  • 1820 - 1860 The Champlain Canal opened in 1823, connecting Vermont to New York City. The Erie Canal opened in 1825, carrying Vermont settlers to Ohio and other western areas. Irish laborers came to work on Vermont railroads, the first of which opened in 1848.

  • 1861 - 1865 More than 35,000 Vermonters served in the Union Armed Forces during the Civil War.

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