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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
'''1724--'''The first permanent English settlement was made at Fort Dummer, near the site of present-day Brattleboro. | |||
'''1749-1764--'''<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1217432889777_962"></span>New Hampshire is granted land for 129 towns in Vermont. | |||
'''1764-1776--'''New York claimed jurisdiction and tried to establish county governments in the area. Albany, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Charlotte counties of New York included what is now Vermont. | |||
'''1777-1791--'''Vermont was an independent republic until it joined the Union in 1791. | |||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||