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The State of Vermont is derived from the French, les monts verts, “the green mountains”. Today, Vermont is a very green state and a leader in the sustainability movement. Its people are very respectful of the environment.
Vermont is part of the New England region of the northeastern United States. It ranks 43rd by land area, 9,250 square miles (24,000 sq km), and 45th by total area. It has a population of 621,270, making it the second least-populated state (with only Wyoming having fewer residents).
Vermont is notable for Lake Champlain (which makes up 50% of Vermont's western border) and the Green Mountains, which run north to south. Granville is located in the heart of the Green Mountains. Vermont is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
The state capital is Montpelier, and the largest city and metropolitan area is Burlington (both about an hour distant from Granville and the earth friendly home. No other state has a largest city as small as Burlington, or a capital city as small as Montpelier.
The Native American inhabitants of the area now known as Vermont were the Abenaki, a tribe of the Algonquin nation. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Abenaki villages along the shores of Lake Champlain near the mouth of the Winooski River, northwest of Granville.
Samuel de Champlain, an early French explorer, was the first European to see the Green Mountains. In the summer of 1609, Champlain left his encampment on the St. Lawrence in Quebec and joined the Algonquians in an expedition against their enemies, the Iroquois. The journey up the river brought Champlain onto the lake that now carries his name on July 4, 1609.
Much of the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by France but became a British possession after France's defeat in the French and Indian War. For many years, the surrounding colonies disputed control of the area (referred to at the time as the New Hampshire Grants) especially New Hampshire and New York. Settlers who held land titles granted by these colonies were opposed by the Green Mountain Boys militia, which eventually prevailed in creating an independent nation, the Vermont Republic, founded during the Revolutionary War and lasting for 14 years. Vermont is thus one of 17 U.S. states (along with Texas, Hawaii, the brief California Republic, and each of the original Thirteen Colonies) to have, at one point, existed as its own sovereign government.
In 1791, Vermont joined the United States as the fourteenth state, and the first outside the original Thirteen Colonies.
An Overview of Vermont
A Green State for a Green Home
The State of Vermont is derived from the French, les monts verts, “the green mountains”. Today, Vermont is a very green state and a leader in the sustainability movement. Its people are very respectful of the environment.
Vermont is part of the New England region of the northeastern United States. It ranks 43rd by land area, 9,250 square miles (24,000 sq km), and 45th by total area. It has a population of 621,270, making it the second least-populated state (with only Wyoming having fewer residents).
Vermont is notable for Lake Champlain (which makes up 50% of Vermont's western border) and the Green Mountains, which run north to south. Granville is located in the heart of the Green Mountains. Vermont is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
The state capital is Montpelier, and the largest city and metropolitan area is Burlington (both about an hour distant from Granville and the earth friendly home. No other state has a largest city as small as Burlington, or a capital city as small as Montpelier.
A Land Rich in History
The Native American inhabitants of the area now known as Vermont were the Abenaki, a tribe of the Algonquin nation. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Abenaki villages along the shores of Lake Champlain near the mouth of the Winooski River, northwest of Granville.
Samuel de Champlain, an early French explorer, was the first European to see the Green Mountains. In the summer of 1609, Champlain left his encampment on the St. Lawrence in Quebec and joined the Algonquians in an expedition against their enemies, the Iroquois. The journey up the river brought Champlain onto the lake that now carries his name on July 4, 1609.
Much of the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by France but became a British possession after France's defeat in the French and Indian War. For many years, the surrounding colonies disputed control of the area (referred to at the time as the New Hampshire Grants) especially New Hampshire and New York. Settlers who held land titles granted by these colonies were opposed by the Green Mountain Boys militia, which eventually prevailed in creating an independent nation, the Vermont Republic, founded during the Revolutionary War and lasting for 14 years. Vermont is thus one of 17 U.S. states (along with Texas, Hawaii, the brief California Republic, and each of the original Thirteen Colonies) to have, at one point, existed as its own sovereign government.
In 1791, Vermont joined the United States as the fourteenth state, and the first outside the original Thirteen Colonies.
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