Vermont has four distinct seasons
with daytime temperatures averaging in the mid-70s during the summer months
and in the low 20's during winter. Annual rainfall is approximately 36
inches: of that precipitation, an average of 100 inches to more than 250
inches of snow falls during the winter, depending on elevation.
On January 17, 1777, Vermont was
declared an independent republic in a meeting held at Westminster. This
independent course, with the little republic minting its own coin and providing
postal service, was followed until 1791 when Vermont was admitted to the
union, the first state to join the original thirteen.
The first governor was Thomas Chittenden.
After playing an important role in the American Revolution, Vermont resisted
the advances of the neighboring colonies and declared itself an independent
Republic in 1777. Fourteen years later it was the first state to join the
original 13.
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