![]() The rugged Northeast Highlands in the, well, northeastern part of the state and known for granite peaks divided by streams. This range includes the state’s highest point, Mount Mansfield. Formed over 400 million years ago, the rocks are thought to be some of the oldest in the world. In the center of the state, the most famous range is the Green Mountains. Much of the state is covered in mountains and forests. It’s bordered by Canada in the north, New Hampshire in the east, Massachusetts in the south, and New York in the west. Vermont is one of the six New England states (states whose first European settlers were Puritans from England). ![]() Although Vermont had at first fought for the American cause in the Revolutionary War, the Green Mountain State remained separate from the United States for 14 years-meaning it had its own currency, postal service, constitution, and president-until it became the 14th state in 1791.ĭuring the Civil War (1861-1865), Vermont would fight on the side of the Union. Great Britain’s King George III folded the area into a part of New York, but in 1777, a year after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Vermont declared its own independence … from New York. War broke out in 1754 between the two European powers for nine years, until Britain emerged victorious. ![]() Then in 1724 the British built the first permanent European settlement and claimed the area for themselves. In 1609 French explorer Samuel de Champlain claimed part of the region for France. Native American tribes including the Abenaki, the Mohican, the Pennacook, the Pocomtuc, and the Massachusett, have lived on the land and members of the Abenaki tribe still live in Vermont today. ![]() Archaeologists think people have lived in the land we now call Vermont for about 13,000 years. ![]()
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