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{{short description|Unrecognized republic in North America from 1777 to 1791}}
{{Redirect2|New Connecticut|Vermont (country)|the area in Ohio|Connecticut Western Reserve|other uses|Vermont (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = State of Vermont
| native_name = {{native name|fr|État du Vermont}}
| common_name = Vermont
| era = [[Early modern period]]
| demonym = Vermonter
| government_type = [[Republic]] with executive governor
| event_start = Independence
| year_start = 1777
| date_start = January 15,
| event_end = [[Admission to the Union]] with the [[United States]]
| year_end = 1791
| date_end = March 4,
| p1 = Province of New York{{!}}New York
| flag_p1 = Colonial-Red-Ensign.svg
| p2 = Province of New Hampshire{{!}}New Hampshire
| flag_p2 = Colonial-Red-Ensign.svg
| p3 = Province of Quebec (1763–1791){{!}}Quebec
| flag_p3 = Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg
| p4 = New Hampshire Grants
| flag_s1 = Flag of Vermont.svg
| s1 = Vermont
| image_flag = 
| image_coat = Seal of Vermont (B&W).svg
| symbol = Great Seal of Vermont
| symbol_type = Great Seal
| image_map = Vermont Republic Map.png
| image_map_caption = The Republic of Vermont, 1777-1791.{{efn|Brief claims to adjacent townships in New Hampshire and New York were made in 1781 as East Union and West Union counties respectively, but they were never formally annexed and Vermont rescinded the claims in 1782.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/VT_Consolidated_Chronology.htm#Consolidated_Chronology |title=Vermont: Consolidated Chronology of State and County Boundaries |access-date=October 14, 2025}}</ref> }}
| capital = {{ubl|[[Westminster (town), Vermont|Westminster]] (1777)|[[Windsor, Vermont|Windsor]] (1777–1784)|[[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]] (1784–1791)}}
| national_motto = [[Freedom and Unity]] (on Great Seal)<br />''[[Stella quarta decima]]'' ([[English language|English]]: ''the fourteenth star''; on [[Vermont copper|Vermont coinage]])
| common_languages = {{ubl|[[English language|English]]|[[French language|French]]}}
| currency = [[Vermont copper]]
| leader1 = [[Thomas Chittenden]]
| year_leader1 = 1778–1789
| leader2 = [[Moses Robinson]]
| year_leader2 = 1789–1790
| leader3 = Thomas Chittenden{{efn|Left office to become [[Governor of Vermont|US state governor]].}}
| year_leader3 = 1790–1791
| title_leader = [[List of Governors of Vermont#Vermont Republic|Governor]]
| legislature = House of Representatives of the Freemen of Vermont
| today = {{flagicon image|Flag of Vermont.svg}}[[Vermont]]
}}

The '''Vermont Republic''', officially known at the time as the '''State of Vermont''', was an independent state in [[New England]] that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791.<ref name="vandewater">{{cite book |last= Van DeWater |first= Frederic F. |title= The Reluctant Republic, Vermont 1724–1791 |orig-year= 1941 |year= 1974 |publisher= The Countryman Press |pages= 195, 218–219 |isbn= 978-0-914378-02-0}}</ref> The state was founded in January 1777, when delegates from 28 towns met and declared independence from the jurisdictions and land claims of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] colonies of [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|Quebec]], [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]], and [[Province of New York|New York]]. The republic remained in existence for the next fourteen years, albeit without [[diplomatic recognition]] from any foreign power. On March 4, 1791, it was admitted into the [[United States]] as the State of [[Vermont]], with the constitution and laws of the independent state continuing in effect after admission.<ref>Van de Water, p. 337</ref>

The delegates [[history of slavery in Vermont|forbade adult slavery]] within their republic, although the Vermont constitution continued to make allowances for the enslavement of men under the age of 21 and women under the age of 18. Many Vermonters took part in the [[American Revolution]] on the side of the Revolution, but the [[Continental Congress]] did not recognize the independence of Vermont (then also known as the [[New Hampshire Grants]]) due to objections from New York, which had conflicting property claims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(jc00834)):|title=Journals of the Continental Congress --MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1777|website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | first= Peter S. | last= Onuf | title= State-Making in Revolutionary America: Independent Vermont as a Case Study | journal= Journal of American History | year= 1981 | volume= 67 | issue= 4 | pages= 806–7 | jstor= 1888050| doi= 10.2307/1888050 }}</ref> In a response to this, [[Haldimand Affair|members representing Vermont conducted negotiations]] to join the [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|Province of Quebec]], which were accepted by the British, who offered generous terms for the republic's reunion. When the British surrendered at the [[Siege of Yorktown]] in 1781, however, American independence became apparent. Vermont, later bordered on three sides by U.S. territory, ended negotiations with Britain and instead negotiated terms to become part of the United States.<ref>{{cite journal | first= S. F. | last= Bemis | title= Relations between the Vermont Separatists and Great Britain, 1789–1791 | journal= American Historical Review | year= 1916 | volume= 21 | issue= 3 | pages= 547–560 | doi= 10.1086/ahr/21.3.547 }}</ref>

Many of its citizens favored political union with the United States rather than full independence. While the [[Continental Congress]] did not allow a seat for Vermont, Vermont engaged [[William Samuel Johnson]], representing Connecticut, to promote its interests.<ref>{{cite book | last= Swift | first= Esther M. | title= Vermont Place-Names, Footprints in History | year= 1977 | publisher= The Stephen Greene Press | pages= 282–283 | isbn= 978-0-8289-0291-5}}</ref> In 1785 the Vermont General Assembly granted Johnson title to the former [[King's College Tract]] as a form of compensation for representing Vermont.<ref>{{cite book |last = Swift |first = Esther M. |title = Vermont Place-Names, Footprints in History |year = 1977 |publisher = The Stephen Greene Press |pages = 580, 587–588 |isbn = 978-0-8289-0291-5}}</ref>

== Name ==
The constitution and other official documents referred to the country as the "State of Vermont.” The 1777 constitution refers to Vermont variously: the third paragraph of the preamble, for example, mentions "the State of Vermont,” and in the preamble's last paragraph, the constitution refers to itself as "the Constitution of the Commonwealth."<ref name=voss>{{cite web | author= Vermont Office of the Secretary of State | date= 2012-03-26 | title= The Constitution of 1777 | publisher= The Vermont State Archives & Records Administration | access-date= 2012-05-18 | url= http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/constitut/con77.htm | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120725151010/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/constitut/con77.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-25 | url-status= usurped }}</ref> The currency used by the country, the [[Vermont copper]], carried the [[Legend (numismatics)|legend]] that read {{lang|la|Vermontis. Res. Publica}}, which in [[Latin]] means: {{lang|la|Republic of Vermont}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinImages/VT-Copper/VT1-top.jpg|title=Vermont Coppers 1785, 1786: Introduction|access-date=2008-02-04|publisher=Coin and Currency Collections in the Department of Special Collections University of Notre Dame Libraries|archive-date=November 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103165218/https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinImages/VT-Copper/VT1-top.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Prior to June 2, 1777, it was also known as the Republic of New Connecticut, and the Republic of the Green Mountains.<ref name="vandewater"/>

==History==
[[File:Flag of the Vermont Republic.svg|thumb|right|Reconstruction of the flag of the [[Green Mountain Boys]], a militia instrumental in the Republic's creation. Today the flag is used by the [[Vermont National Guard]].]]
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
{{Historical populations
|type= USA
|1770|10000
|1780|47620
|1790|85425
|footnote=Source: 1770–1780;<ref name="Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics">{{cite web|title=Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|page=1168|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/CT1970p2-13.pdf}}</ref> 1790<ref>{{cite report|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|title=Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990|page=4|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/population-of-states-and-counties-us-1790-1990/population-of-states-and-counties-of-the-united-states-1790-1990.pdf|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>
}}

After 1724, the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] built [[Fort Dummer]] near [[Brattleboro, Vermont|Brattleboro]], as well as three other forts along the northern portion of the [[Connecticut River]] to protect against raids by Native Americans farther south into Western Massachusetts. After 1749, [[Benning Wentworth]], the Royal Governor of New Hampshire, granted land to anyone in a land-granting scheme designed to enrich himself and his family. After 1763, settlement increased because of easing security concerns after the end of the [[French and Indian Wars]]. The [[Province of New York]] had made grants of land, often in areas overlapping similar grants made by the [[Province of New Hampshire]]; this issue had to be resolved by King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] in 1764, who granted the land to New York, but the area was popularly known as the [[New Hampshire Grants]]. The "[[Green Mountain Boys]]," led by [[Ethan Allen]], was a militia force from Vermont that supported the New Hampshire claims and fought against the British during the [[American Revolution]].

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:Stella14coins.jpg|[[Vermont copper|Vermont coin]] with the passage VERMONTIS. RES. PUBLICA. on the obverse, and the motto [[Stella quarta decima|"STELLA QUARTA DECIMA"]] on the reverse
File:ThomasChittenden.png|Engraving of [[Thomas Chittenden]], first and third governor of the Vermont Republic, and first governor of the State of [[Vermont]] with the most gubernatorial terms held to date
File:ConstitutionHouse WindsorVermont.JPG|The [[Old Constitution House]] in [[Windsor, Vermont]], where the 1777 constitution was signed, is also called the birthplace of Vermont.
</gallery>

==Founding==
Following controversy between the holders of the New York grants and the New Hampshire grants, [[Ethan Allen]] and his militia of "[[Green Mountain Boys]]" suppressed Loyalists through their enforcement of the Sequestration Act, (which permitted the seizure and resale of properties owned by known loyalists). On January 15, 1777, a convention of representatives from towns in the territory declared the region independent, choosing the name the Republic of New Connecticut (although it was sometimes known colloquially as the Republic of the Green Mountains).<ref>{{cite book |last= Van DeWater |first= Frederic F. |title= The Reluctant Republic, Vermont 1724–1791 |orig-year=1941 |year= 1974 |publisher=The Countryman Press |page=182 |isbn=978-0-914378-02-0}}</ref> On June 2 of that year, the name was officially changed to "Vermont" (from the French, {{lang|fr|les verts monts}}, meaning the Green Mountains)<ref>{{cite book |last= Van DeWater |first= Frederic F. |title= The Reluctant Republic, Vermont 1724–1791 |orig-year=1941 |year= 1974 |publisher=The Countryman Press |pages=195, 218–219 |isbn=978-0-914378-02-0}}</ref> upon the suggestion of [[Thomas Young (American revolutionary)|Thomas Young]],<ref>{{cite book |last= Allen |first= Ira |title= The Natural and Political History of Vermont |orig-year=1798 |year=1969 |location=Rutland, Vermont |publisher= C. E. Tuttle Co |page=59 |isbn= 978-0-8048-0419-6 }}</ref> a member of the [[Sons of Liberty]], a [[Boston Tea Party]] leader, and mentor to Ethan Allen.

[[John Greenleaf Whittier]]'s poem ''[[The Song of the Vermonters, 1779]]'' describes the period in ballad form. First published anonymously, the poem had characteristics in the last stanza that were similar to Ethan Allen's prose and caused it to be attributed to Allen for nearly 60 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1877/08/06/archives/song-of-the-vermonters-the-ode-attributed-to-ethan-allen-its.html |title=Song of the Vermonters; the Ode Attributed to Ethan Allen. Its Authorship Finally Settled—John G. Whittier Acknowledges It as His, but Only as 'a Boy's Practical Joke'. |access-date= 2008-04-02|work=[[The New York Times]] |date= 1877-08-06 |page=2 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The last stanza reads:

{{poemquote|Come York or come Hampshire, come traitors or knaves,
If ye rule o'er our land ye shall rule o'er our graves;
Our vow is recorded—our banner unfurled,
In the name of Vermont we defy all the world!}}

On August 20, 1781, the [[Congress of the Confederation|Confederation Congress]] of the [[United States]] passed resolutions saying it would not consider admitting that state to the Union unless Vermont would renounce its claims to territory east of the Connecticut River and west of Lake Champlain.<ref name="Kingsford 1897">{{cite book |last=Kingsford |first=William |author-link=William Kingsford |chapter=IV |chapter-url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t6737c46j?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 |title=The History of Canada |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t6737c46j |volume=7 |publisher=Roswell & Hutchinson |publication-place=Toronto |year=1887 |oclc=561656686 |pages=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t6737c46j?urlappend=%3Bseq=104 97]–100 |hdl=2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t6737c46j?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 |via=HathiTrust}}</ref>

==Constitution and frame of government==
[[File:VtConstitution.png|thumb|upright|[[Vellum]] manuscript of the 1777 Constitution of Vermont]]

The [[Constitution of Vermont (1777)|Constitution of Vermont]] was drafted and ratified at Elijah West's [[Old Constitution House|Windsor Tavern]] in 1777. The settlers in Vermont, who sought independence from New York, justified their constitution on the same basis as the first state constitutions of the former colonies: authority is derived from the people.<ref>{{cite journal |first= Peter S. |last= Onuf |title= State-Making in Revolutionary America: Independent Vermont as a Case Study |volume= 67 |issue= 4 |journal= Journal of American History |year= 1981 |pages= 797–815 |jstor= 1888050|doi= 10.2307/1888050 }}</ref> As historian Christian Fritz notes in ''American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition before the Civil War'':
{{blockquote|They saw themselves as a distinct region outside the legitimate jurisdiction of New York. Possessing an identifiable population or "a people" entitled them to the same constitutional rights of self-government as other "Peoples" in the American confederacy.<ref>{{cite book |first= Christian G. |last= Fritz |title= American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War |publisher= Cambridge University Press |year= 2008 |pages= 60–67}} (describing Vermont's struggle for independence from New York during the American Revolution)</ref>}}

The Vermont constitution was modeled after the radically democratic constitution of Pennsylvania on the suggestion of Young, who worked with [[Thomas Paine]] and others on that 1776 document in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="Vermont Constitution">{{cite journal |last1=Aichele |first1=Gary J. |title=Making the Vermont Constitution: 1777-1824 |journal=Vermont History |date=Summer 1988 |volume=56 |issue=3 |page=179 |url=https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/MakingVermontConstitution.pdf |access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>

During its time as an independent state, the government issued its own coinage and currency and operated postal service.<ref name=voss/> The currency was known as the [[Vermont copper]], and its mint was operated by Reuben Harmon in [[Rupert, Vermont|East Rupert]] from 1785 to 1788.<ref>{{cite book | first= Margaret | last= Bucholt | url= http://www.manchestervermont.net/about.php | chapter= Manchester and the Mountains Chamber of Commerce | title= An Insider's Guide to Southern Vermont | publisher= Penguin | year= 1991 | access-date= 2016-02-03 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131206163302/http://www.manchestervermont.net/about.php | archive-date= 2013-12-06 | url-status= dead }}</ref> The chief executive of the state was referred to as the [[List of governors of Vermont|governor]].<ref name=voss/>

The governor of Vermont, [[Thomas Chittenden]],<ref>{{cite book |last= Allen |first= Ira |title= The Natural and Political History of Vermont |orig-year=1798 |year= 1969 |location=Rutland, VT |publisher= C.E. Tuttle Co |page= 72 |isbn= 978-0-8048-0419-6}}</ref> with consent of his council and the General Assembly, appointed commissioners to the American government seated in Philadelphia. Vermont engaged in diplomatic negotiations with the United States, the Netherlands, and France.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strum|first1=Harvey|last2=Pierpaoli|first2=Paul G. Jr.|editor1-last=Tucker|editor1-first=Spencer C.|title=The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Early American Republic, 1783–1812: A Political, Social, and Military History |volume=1 |date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, CA|isbn=978-1-59884-156-5|page=705|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sApvBAAAQBAJ&q=ambassador+france+netherlands+vermont+republic&pg=PA705|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>

After a combined British-[[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] force raided several Vermont settlements in the 1780 [[Royalton raid|Royalton Raid]], Ethan Allen led a group of Vermont politicians in [[Haldimand Affair|secret discussions]] with [[Frederick Haldimand]], the Governor General of the [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|Province of Quebec]], about returning Vermont to British rule.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.vermonthistory.org/freedom_and_unity/new_frontier/rev_tl.html |title= Revolutionary War Timeline |publisher= Vermont Historical Society}}</ref>

===Symbolism of fourteen===
Much of the symbolism associated with Vermont in this period expressed a desire for political union with the United States. Vermont's coins minted in 1785 and 1786 bore the Latin inscription ''[[Stella quarta decima|"<small>STELLA QUARTA DECIMA</small>"]]'' (meaning "the fourteenth star"). The [[Seal of Vermont|Great Seal of Vermont]], designed by [[Ira Allen]], centrally features a 14-branched pine tree.

==Union==
On March 6, 1790, the legislature of New York consented to Vermont statehood, provided that a group of commissioners representing New York and a similar group representing Vermont could agree on the boundary. Vermont's negotiators insisted on also settling the real-estate disputes rather than leaving those to be decided later by a federal court. On October 7, the commissioners proclaimed the negotiations successfully concluded, with an agreement that Vermont would pay $30,000 to New York to be distributed among New Yorkers who claimed land in Vermont under New York land patents.<ref>Mello, Robert, ''Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont'', Vermont Historical Society, 2014, page 264</ref> The Vermont General Assembly then authorized a convention to consider an application for admittance to the "Union of the United States of America.” The convention met at [[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]], on January 6, 1791. On January 10, 1791, the convention approved a resolution to make an application to join the United States by a vote of 105 to 2.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Forbes |first= Charles Spooner |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nFMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA101 |title= Vermont's Admission to the Union |journal= The Vermonter |volume= 7 |issue= 8 |pages= 101–102 |date= March 1902 |access-date= January 25, 2011}}</ref> Vermont was admitted to the Union by [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=314 1 Stat. 191] on March 4, 1791. Vermont's admission act is the shortest of all state admissions, and Vermont is "the only state admitted without conditions of any kind, either those prescribed by the Congress or the state from which it was carved.” <ref>Paul W. Gates, [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001326536 History of public land law development], p. 286. Public Land Law Review Commission, Washington D.C. 1968</ref> March 4 is celebrated in Vermont as Vermont Day.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.historybyday.com/march/4th.html |work= History by Day |title= March 4 |access-date= 2015-01-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110405003051/http://www.historybyday.com/march/4th.html |archive-date= 2011-04-05 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

The North, the smaller states, and states concerned about the impact of the [[sea-to-sea grant]]s held by other states, all supported Vermont's admission. Thomas Chittenden served as governor for Vermont for most of this period and became its first [[Governor of Vermont|governor]] as a member state of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_chittenden_thomas.html|title=Thomas Chittenden|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref>

The 1793 Vermont state constitution made relatively few changes to the 1786 Vermont state constitution, which had, in turn, succeeded the 1777 constitution. It retained many of its original ideas, as noted above, and kept the separation of powers. It remains in force with several amendments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/const2.htm|title=The Vermont Statutes Online|website=www.leg.state.vt.us}}</ref>

==See also==

{{columns-list|colwidth=35em|
* {{annotated link |1789 Vermont Republic gubernatorial election}}
* {{annotated link |Impeachment in Vermont}}
* {{annotated link |Second Vermont Republic}}
* {{annotated link |State of Deseret}}
* {{annotated link |Republic of East Florida}}
* {{annotated link |Kingdom of Hawaii}}
* {{annotated link |Republic of Hawaii}}
* {{annotated link |Indian Territory}}
* {{annotated link |Provisional Government of Oregon}}
* {{annotated link |Republic of the Rio Grande}}
* {{annotated link |Republic of Sonora}}
* {{annotated link |Republic of Texas}}
* {{annotated link |Republic of West Florida}}

}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* Bemis, Samuel Flagg (1916). [https://archive.org/details/relationsbetween00bemi ''Relations between the Vermont separatists and Great Britain, 1789–1791''].
* {{cite book |last= Bellesiles |first= Michael A. |title= Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier |year= 1993}}
* {{cite book |last1= Bryan |first1= Frank |first2= John |last2= McClaughry |name-list-style= amp |title= The Vermont Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale |publisher= [[Chelsea Green Publishing]] |year= 1989 |isbn= 978-0-930031-19-0 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/vermontpapersrec00brya }}
* {{cite journal |last= Graffagnino |first= J. Kevin |title= 'The Vermont 'Story': Continuity And Change In Vermont Historiography |journal= Vermont History |year= 1978 |volume= 46 |issue= 2 |pages= 77–99}}
* {{cite journal |last= Onuf |first= Peter S. |jstor= 1888050 |title= State-Making in Revolutionary America: Independent Vermont as a Case Study |journal= Journal of American History |volume= 67 |issue= 4 |date= March 1981 |pages= 797–815|doi= 10.2307/1888050 }}
* {{cite book |last= Orton |first= Vrest |title= Personal Observations on the Republic of Vermont |publisher= Academy |year= 1981 |isbn= 978-0-914960-30-0}}
* {{cite book |last= Roth |first= Randolph A. |title= The Democratic Dilemma: Religion, Reform, and the Social Order in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, 1791–1850 |year= 2003}}
* {{cite book |last= Shalhope |first= Robert E. |title= Bennington and the Green Mountain Boys: The Emergence of Liberal Democracy in Vermont, 1760–1850 |year= 1996 |postscript=. A standard scholarly history.}}
* {{cite book |last= Van de Water |first= Frederic Franklyn |title= The Reluctant Republic: Vermont 1724–1791 |year=1974 |publisher=The Countryman Press |isbn=978-0-914378-02-0 }}
* {{cite book |title= The Constitution of the State of Vermont: A Facsimile Copy of the 1777 Original |publisher= The Vermont Historical Society |year= 1977}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://freedomandunity.org/new_frontier/republic.html Republic of Vermont] at the Vermont Historical Society

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