New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont)

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former British colonial land grant area historical region

The New Hampshire Grants, later forming the state of Vermont, were a series of mid-18th-century land grants in the territory between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain that became the focus of intense jurisdictional disputes between New Hampshire and New York.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
New Hampshire Grants	2
Vermont Republic	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colonial land grant area ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWith	Ethan Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Mountain Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
boundaryFeature	Connecticut River eastern boundary (as claimed by New Hampshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Champlain western boundary (as claimed by New Hampshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimedBy	Province of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	intercolonial boundary dispute ⓘ
country	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputedWith	New York land patents NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1777 ⓘ
grantedBy	Benning Wentworth NERFINISHED ⓘ royal governor of New Hampshire ⓘ
grantPattern	township grants ⓘ
influenced	Vermont land tenure system ⓘ Vermont state boundaries ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
laterBecame	Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisClaimedByNewHampshire	charter of the Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
legalBasisClaimedByNewYork	royal decree extending New York’s jurisdiction westward ⓘ
locatedBetween	Connecticut River NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Champlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	New England ⓘ North America ⓘ
notableTownGranted	Bennington NERFINISHED ⓘ Brattleboro NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutland NERFINISHED ⓘ Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfGrants	approximately 135 ⓘ
partOf	Province of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies context ⓘ
politicalStatusAfter1777	part of the independent Vermont Republic ⓘ
politicalStatusBefore1777	disputed territory between New Hampshire and New York ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	settler agriculture ⓘ
regionType	frontier settlement zone ⓘ
relatedTo	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermont Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	de facto independence from New York ⓘ formation of the Vermont Republic ⓘ
significantEvent	jurisdictional dispute between New Hampshire and New York ⓘ land title conflicts ⓘ
standardTownshipSize	about 6 miles by 6 miles ⓘ
startTime	1749 ⓘ
successor	Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryNowIn	U.S. state of Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green Mountain Boys → country → New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Hampshire Grants

Thomas Chittenden → countryOfCitizenship → New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vermont Republic

Benning Wentworth → grantedLandIn → New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ

Thomas Chittenden → headOfGovernment → New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vermont Republic

Green Mountain Boys → operatedIn → New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Hampshire Grants

Thomas Chittenden → residence → New Hampshire Grants (later Vermont) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vermont Republic