Famous Vermonters
He invented the first steel plow.
John Deere
The Revolutionary War or Vermont becoming a state?
Revolutionary War
At the end of the French and Indian War, ___________________ controlled the colonies.
March 4, 1791
Vermont becomes a state
The group that consisted of 3 tribes: the Abenaki, Mahican and Pennacook
Algonquin
He produced pictures called photomicrographs.
Snowflake Bentley
French and Indian War or Samuel de Champlain renaming the lake
Samuel de Champlain renaming the lake
_________________________ was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
Ethan Allen
First native people in VT
Fort Dummer was built in 1724 on the banks of what river that borders VT?
Connecticut River
The 30th president of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
The Green Mountain Boys are formed or Fort Ticonderoga is captured?
Green Mountain Boys are formed
After the French and Indian War, the governor of New Hampshire, __________________________ , sold parcels of land called the New Hampshire Land Grants.
Benning Wentworth
1609
Samuel de Champlain passes through VT and renames the lake after himself
put a sprig of evergreen in one's hat
The first female governor of Vermont.
Vermont becomes a state or Battle of Bennington?
Battle of Bennington
The ____________ sided with the British during the French and Indian War.
Iroquois
1775-1783
Revolutionary War
What was the land that New York and New Hampshire were fighting over called?
The New Hampshire Land Grants
In 1923, he was made the Poet Laureate of Vermont.
Robert Frost
Vermont becomes an independent republic or the Revolutionary War ends?
Vermont becomes an independent republic
The _________________ was fought against Great Britain for freedom from British rule.
The Revolutionary War
1777-1791 (14 years)
VT is an independent republic
Why is the #14 important to Vermont (name at least 2 out of 3 reasons )
1) there are 14 counties
2) Vermont remained and independent republic for 14 years
3)Vermont became the 14th state