The first Constitution of Vermont was drafted in July 1777, almost five months after Vermont declared itself an independent country, now frequently called...

adopted in 1793 following Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791 and is largely based upon the 1777 Constitution of the Vermont Republic which was drafted...

to date The Old Constitution House in Windsor, Vermont, where the 1777 constitution was signed, is also called the birthplace of Vermont. Following controversy...

of Vermont in July 1777, and by a further provision in its Constitution, existing male slaves became free at the age of 21 and females at the age of 18...

The geologic history of Vermont begins more than 450 million years ago during the Cambrian and Devonian periods. Human history of Native American settlement...

Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As the "Birthplace of Vermont", the town is where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted in 1777, thus marking...

this, the state has had only four essentially de novo constitutions in its history, those of 1777 (replacing the former colonial charter), 1821, 1846,...

April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021. "Vermont Constitution of 1777". Chapter I, Section I: State of Vermont. Archived from the original on December...

The Economics of American Negro Slavery, 1995. Pages 33–34. "Constitution of Vermont (1777)". Chapter I, Article I: State of Vermont. 1777. Archived from...

smaller parties. Vermont's constitution, which was drafted in 1777 when Vermont became an independent republic, reflects the concerns of a sovereign state;...

week of Town Meeting Day in March. From 1777 to 1965, each city/town elected one representative to the Vermont House of Representatives, regardless of the...

of impeachment in Vermont. The 1777 Constitution of the Vermont Republic gave both the Council of Censors and the Vermont General Assembly the power to...

This list of articles and sections of the Vermont Constitution enumerates the contents of the Constitution of Vermont, which is organized into two parts...

Battle of Hubbardton: British forces capture over 200 of the American rearguard, from Fort Ticonderoga. July 8 – The 1777 Constitution of Vermont is signed...

Events from the year 1777 in the United States. President of the Second Continental Congress: John Hancock (until October 29), Henry Laurens (starting...

session of the General Assembly, is located in the Vermont State House, also in Montpelier. The Constitution of Vermont details the powers of the governor:...

Legitimacy of Slavery in the Anglo-American World", University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Autumn 1974), pp. 86–146 "Constitution of Vermont (1777)"...

joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. (A separate table is included...

Constitution" Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Doc Heritage website "Constitution of Vermont (1777)". Chapter I, Article I: State of Vermont...

preserve documents going back to the state's founding as the Vermont Republic in 1777. The Office of Professional Regulations licenses and regulates 39 professional...

government of Vermont is a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States. The Constitution of Vermont is the supreme law of the...

state approval while in Vermont. The Vermont Constitution of 1777, dating well before the Bill of Rights to a time when Vermont was an independent republic...

Constitution House is a historic house at 16 North Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. It is the birthplace of the Vermont Republic and the Constitution...

opponent of Vermont's entrance into the Union on account of disputes over land claims. Opposed to the ratification of the United States Constitution, Clinton...

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a justice of the peace and a representative to the Vermont General Assembly six times between 1787 and 1801. A grist mill was built in 1777, and the village...

At the time of Vermont's secession in 1777, the Constitution of the United States did not yet exist. By the time Congress recognized Vermont and admitted...

first constitution of the United States. The document was drafted by a committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress in mid-June 1777 and was...

the constitution served as a template for Vermont's 1777 constitution, which gave birth to the state (or what historians refer to as the Vermont Republic...

in 1921. Vermont's first constitution was drafted by a convention that met in July 1777 and revised by a convention that met in 1786, both of these conventions...