Vermont is a northeastern state in the New England region of the United States. It borders the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. It is the only state in New England that does not border the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont is the second-least-populated U.S. state and the sixth-smallest by area of the 50 states.
About Vermont in brief
Vermont is a northeastern state in the New England region of the United States. It borders the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. It is the only state in New England that does not border the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont is the second-least-populated U.S. state and the sixth-smallest by area of the 50 U. S. states. The state capital is Montpelier, the least-populous state capital in the United states. In 2000, the state legislature was the first to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples. It was also the first state to produce an African-American university graduate, Alexander Twilight, in 1823. Vermont was admitted to the newly established United States as the fourteenth state in 1791. During the mid-19th century, Vermont was a strong source of abolitionist sentiment, although it was also tied to King Cotton through the development of textile mills in the region, which relied on southern cotton. It sent a significant contingent of soldiers to participate in the American Civil War. Vermont’s economic activity of USD 34 billion in 2018 ranked 52nd on the list of U. S. states and territories by GDP, but 34th in GDP per capita. In 2011–2012, theState officially recognized four Abenaki tribes. Samuel de Champlain claimed the area around what is now Lake Champlain, giving the name Verdont, among English settlers, to the region he found, on a 1647 map.
In 1777, Thomas Young introduced the name in writing with a broadside of Vermont, “To the Free and Independent State of Vermont” In 1783, Vermont became a free state. In 1823, the Vermont Republic abolished slavery before any of the other states, and it was one of the first states to produce a black university graduate. In 2012, Vermont officially recognized three Abenakis, making it the largest state in which the state does not have any buildings taller than 124 feet. It is also the only one in the Northeastern United States and 9,614 square miles making it 45th-largest state in land area. It comprises 365 square miles and water and is the 43rd-largest area in land and 47th in water in the world, larger than Haiti, El Salvador, and smaller than El Salvador. The geography of the state is marked by the Green Mountains, which run north–south up the middle of theState, separating Lake Cham Plain and other valley terrain on the west from the Connecticut River valley that defines much of its eastern border. A majority of its terrain is forested with hardwoods and conifers, and a most of its open land is devoted to agriculture. It has a climate characterized by warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. The state’s climate is characterized by hot and dry summers, and cold winters.
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