2007-03-18 05:13:04 · 4 answers · asked by Kevin R 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
champlain?
2007-03-18 05:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by aarika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first European known to have entered the area that is now Vermont was Samuel de Champlain, who, after beginning the colonization of Quebec, journeyed south with a Huron war party in 1609 to the beautiful lake to which he gave his name. The French did not attempt any permanent settlement until 1666, when they built a fort and a shrine to Ste Anne on the Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. However, this and later French settlements were abandoned, and until well into the 18th cent. the region was something of a no-man's-land.
Fort Dummer, built (1724) by the English near the site of Brattleboro, is considered the first permanent settlement in what is now Vermont. However, Vermont's history may be said to have really begun in 1741, when Benning Wentworth became royal governor of New Hampshire.
2007-03-18 06:04:18 · answer #2 · answered by misen55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you study the 13 orginal colonies, there was no colony of Vermont. The area of Vermont was split up between the colonies of New York and New Hampshire. But, Vermont was one of the first areas to become a state after the American Revolution.
2007-03-18 14:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by jzauche 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
william penn????i forgot my textbook @ school
2007-03-18 05:20:11 · answer #4 · answered by michshell159 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋