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Yestattooshurt t1_jads87v wrote

Well it also wasn’t one of the 13 colonies, so whether or not it was recognized, it also was not part of New England at the time of the revolution

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wittgensteins-boat t1_jae4uo8 wrote

It was considered part of New Hampshire and New York, and there was a dispute between the two colonies as to who had control of the lands of Vermont..

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Yestattooshurt t1_jaf211t wrote

That I actually didn’t know. I had just always assumed there was a Vermont shaped hole up there until 1791.

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