Vermont
State in the New England region of the United States.
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Quebec
One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States.
Abenaki
Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States.
The Eastern Abenaki language was predominantly spoken in Maine, while the Western Abenaki language was spoken in Quebec, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
Mohawk people
The Mohawk people are the most easterly section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy.
Their territory ranged north to the St. Lawrence River, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario; south to greater New Jersey and into Pennsylvania; eastward to the Green Mountains of Vermont; and westward to the border with the Iroquoian Oneida Nation's traditional homeland territory.
Vermont Republic
Independent state in New England that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791.
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.
Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain (Lac Champlain; Abenaki: Pitawbagw ["At Lake Champlain" (loc.):Pitawbagok]; ) is a natural freshwater lake in North America mainly within the borders of the United States (in the states of Vermont and New York) but also across the Canada–U.S. border into the Canadian province of Quebec.
Province of New York
British proprietary colony and later royal colony on the northeast coast of North America.
When the English arrived, the Dutch colony somewhat vaguely included claims to all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine in addition to eastern Pennsylvania.
Connecticut River
Longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for 406 mi through four states.
The region stretching from Springfield north to the New Hampshire and Vermont state borders fostered many agricultural Pocomtuc and Nipmuc settlements, with its soil enhanced by sedimentary deposits.
Province of New Hampshire
Colony of England and later a British province in North America.
These disputes resulted in the eventual formation of the Vermont Republic and the US state of Vermont.
Green Mountain Boys
The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization first established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1777 as the Vermont Republic (which later became the state of Vermont).