American Commonwealths.
EDITED BY
HORACE E. SCUDDER.
American Commonwealths
VERMONT
A STUDY OF INDEPENDENCE
BY
ROWLAND E. ROBINSON
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1892
Copyright, 1892,
By ROWLAND E. ROBINSON.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Highway of War | 1 |
| II. | The Wilderness during the French and Indian Wars | 15 |
| III. | Occupation and Settlement | 47 |
| IV. | The New Hampshire Grants | 57 |
| V. | The Green Mountain Boys | 68 |
| VI. | The Westminster Massacre | 90 |
| VII. | Ticonderoga | 100 |
| VIII. | Green Mountain Boys in Canada | 115 |
| IX. | Lake Champlain | 132 |
| X. | Vermont an Independent Commonwealth | 139 |
| XI. | Ticonderoga; Hubbardton | 151 |
| XII. | Bennington | 165 |
| XIII. | Subsequent Operations of Vermont Troops | 179 | <