| 10 Apr 1765 |
territories adjacent to the western banks of the Connecticut River, from the point where it enters the Province of Massachusetts Bay and up to the north, are defined as part of the Province of New York by a proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor of New York, issued on 10 Apr 1765, pursuant to an order approved by the King in Council on 20 Jul 1764, settling a boundary dispute between New York and New Hampshire (Vermont Governor and Council Records, 8:371; New York Gazette, No. 332, 15 Apr 1765, p. 3) |
| 17 Jan 1777 |
the territories defined as part of New York in 1765 and "commonly called and known by the name of New-Hampshire Grants" are proclaimed an independent state under the name of State of New Connecticut in accordance with a declaration approved by the General Convention at the session held in Westminster on 17 Jan 1777 (Vermont Governor and Council Records, 1:39-47; Connecticut Courant, No. 634, 17 Mar 1777, p. 1) |
| 17 Jan 1777 - 4 Jun 1777 |
State of New Connecticut |
| 4 Jun 1777 |
the name of the state is changed in accordance with a resolution passed by the General Convention at the session held in Windsor on on 4 Jun 1777 (Vermont Governor and Council Records, 1:54-56; Connecticut Courant, No. 649, 30 Jun 1777, p. 1) |
| 4 Jun 1777 - |
State of Vermont [1] |
| 10 Jan 1791 |
the Constitution of the United States is approved, assented to and ratified in accordance with an act and resolution of the Convention of the Delegates of the People of the State of Vermont passed at the session held in Bennington on 10 Jan 1791 (Vermont Governor and Council Records, 3:480-481) |
| 4 Mar 1791 |
Vermont is admitted to the United States under the name of the State of Vermont in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 12 Feb 1791, House of Representatives on 14 Feb 1791) and signed into law on 18 Feb 1791, effective on 4 Mar 1791 (Statutes at Large, 1:191) [2] |
