The New England State That Was Its Own Country For Over A Decade

Texas wasn’t the only state to be its own independent nation

Following months of disputes with neighboring territories and with the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, delegates from 28 townships in the Green Mountains met in secret in order to determine their own fate. The people were caught between British Quebec to their north, the powerful colony of New York to their south and the political hotbed of New England anchored by Boston to their southeast. Those living in the region were known as Green Mountain people and their will was upheld by their popular militia, the Green Mountain Boys.

The Thirteen Colonies were in turmoil and independent fervor was at an all time high. This passion did not exclude those living in the Green Mountains. They felt entitled to their own independence the same as all other American colonists who were fighting against the British. But the people in the Green Mountains did not want to join the newly declared United States, nor did they want to rejoin the British colony of Quebec. They wanted to be their own independent state.

The Republic of New Connecticut

On January 15th, 1777, the delegates of the Green Mountains voted to secede and form their own…