Famous VT People
Took first photographs of snowflakes
Who is Wilson Bentley?
The nickname of Vermont
What is The Green Mountain State
Areas of land that are controlled by another country
What are colonies?
a. Samuel De Champlain discovers Lake Champlain b. The battle of Bennington c. The Native American tribes lived in Vermont
What is c. The native American tribes lived in Vermont
The two colonies that claimed Vermont as their own were New Hampshire and ________. a. Connecticut b. New York c. North Dakota
What is b. New York.
Invented the steel plow and a tractor company.
Who is John Deere?
The largest city in Vermont.
What is Burlington
Photographs taken through the lens of a microscope
What are photomicrographs?
a. Ethan Allen forms the "Green Mountain Boys" b. The British control the colonies c. The Revolutionary War ends.
What is b. The British control the colonies.
The _____ were a group of militia made up of settlers, hunters and trappers who acted as rangers to prevent New Yorkers from claiming land. a. Green Mountain Boys b. Navy c. French
What is The Green Mountain Boys?
Poet Laureate of Vermont
Who is Robert Frost?
The capital of Vermont
What is Montpelier
The war for American Independence fought between the colonists and the British
What is the Revolutionary War?
a. Samuel De Champlain discovers Lake Champlain b. The French and Indian War begins c. The Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga
What is a. Samuel De Champlain discovers Lake Champlain.
After the French and Indian War, the governor of New Hampshire, ______, sold parcels of Vermont land and called these the __________. a. Zeke Jenny, Britain b. Solomon Story, Connecticut Settlement c. Benning Wentworth, New Hampshire Land Grants
What is c. Benning Wentworth, New Hampshire Land Grants.
The first woman Governor of Vermont
Who is Madeline Kunin?
The language that Vemont's name is from. Monts and Verts.
What is French?
A ceremony during which someone is sworn into office
What is inauguration?
a. Vermont becomes the 14th state in the union b. New Hampshire Grants declare themselves the "Independent Republic of Vermont" c. Ethan Allen forms the "Green Mountain Boys"
What is c. Ethan Allen forms the Green Mountain Boys.
______ was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys. a. Zeke Jenny b. Ethan Allen c. Joseph Smith
What is b. Ethan Allen?
The 21st President of the United States.
Who is Chester Arthur?
Vermont is located in what region of the United States
What is the north east?
Yearly prizes given out for outstanding work in journalism, writing and music
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
a. The Battle of Bennington b. The Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga c. The Revolutionary War ends
What is b. The Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga.
At the end of the French and Indian War, ______ controlled the colonies. a. Britain b. French c. Italian
What is a. Britain?