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Vermont

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

VERMONT

NYASIA

MORE THAN 80% OF VERMONT'S FOREST THEY INCLUDE MAPLE AND BIRCH

BASSWOOD

MAPLE TREES PROVIDES MAPLE SYRUP

IN 1900S VERMONT WAS MAINLY A FARMING STATE

MUCH OF VERMONT'S WESTERN BOUNDRY RUNS THOUGH LAKE

CHAMPLIAN

2/3RDS OF VERMONT'S RESIDENTS LIVE IN RURAL

PLACES WITH FEWER THAN 2,500 PEOPLE

THE WORD VERMONT COMES FROM FRENCH WORDS

MEANING "GREEN MOUNTAINS"

IN THE SUMMER PEOPLE IN VERMONT LIKE TO GO TO THE BEACH

MOUNT MANSFIELD IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE STATE

NATIVE AMERICANS WERE LIVING IN

VERMONT WHEN FRENCH AND ENGLISH SETTLERS CAME IN THE 1600S

DURING CIVIL WAR VERMONTERS WERE

ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS OF THE UNION

THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 LIBRARIES

IN VERMONT

BEGINNING IN 1840S MANY IRISH SETTLERS ARRIVED

FOR YEARS FRENCH AND ABNAKIS PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO KEEP

THE ENGLISH SIDED

THE FIRST EURPEAN TO SEE VERMONT WAS

FRENCH EXPLORER SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CENSUS,96% OF THE PEOPLE

OF VERMONT IDENTIFIY THEMSELVES AS WHITE

89% PEOPLE IN VERMONT SAYS THAT THE SUNSET IS CHARMING

Photo by subadei

16% OF FARMERS LIKE THE NIGHTS OF VERMONT

VERMONT HAS 99% OF MAPLE TREES

Photo by Chiot's Run

FOR MANY YEARS VERMONT'S PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY YANKES

VERMONT IS ONE OF THE SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES

1% OF PEOPLE IN VERMONT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS AFRICAN AMERICAN

MANY PEOPLE THINKOF VERMONT AS A RUAL,AGRICULTURAL STATE BUT

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN VERMONT,THE POPULATION GROWS EACH YEAR
Photo by Joe Parks

VERMONT IS ALSO A HOME TO A NUMBER OF SMALL

LIBERAL ART COLLEGES
Photo by ShellyS