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| | Vermont biography .ms |
 | | Vermont, part of the New England region, borders New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, Massachusetts to the south, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. | | | Vermont (1999) the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that, under the Constitution of Vermont, the State of Vermont must either allow homosexual couples to marry, or provide a separate but equal status for them. | | | The State legislature chose the second option by creating the institution of civil union; the bill, which was supported by about half of the state's voters, was passed by the legislature, and signed into law by Governor Howard Dean. |
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| | Second Vermont Republic |
| | Vermont was the first state to outlaw slavery in its constitution in 1777 and also the first to require universal manhood suffrage. | | | Vermont is home to one of the most sophisticated political independence movements in the country today. | | | Even though Vermont has no death penalty and virtually no gun control laws, it is one of the least violent states in the Union. |
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http://charlie.gnn.tv/blogs/11917/Second_Vermont_Republic
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| | list of extinct states - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com |
| | Republic of California - declared independence from Mexico in June 1846, claimed by U.S. Navy for United States in July 1846. | | | State of Franklin - Temporarily seceeded from North Carolina, dissolved by 1790. | | | United Provinces of Central America also known as United States of Central America-- independent 1823; fell apart into separate states in civil war 1838-1840. |
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http://www.onpedia.com/encyclopedia/list-of-extinct-states
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| | Idaho Observer: Will necessity give way to the Second Vermont Republic? |
| | The free people of Vermont have reached a turning point: whether to fight for “liberty and justice” or to trade in their heritage for the shackles known as progress. | | | We, the people, here assembled choose “liberty and justice,” and we reject a system of intrusive federal control that is antithetical to a prosperous way of life, and to the well being of a sovereign state. | | | National and Congressional elections are sold to the highest bidder. |
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http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20040601.htm
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| | HISTORY OF THE SECOND VERMONT REPUBLIC |
| | On October 28 the Second Vermont Republic will hold the first statewide convention on secession in the United States since North Carolina voted to secede from the Union on May 20, 1861. | | | To celebrate the signing of the Vermont Constitution in 1777, SVR held a mock town meeting on the Constitution House lawn in Windsor, Vermont on July 9, 2005. | | | SVR members participated in three Fourth of July parades this year in Barton, Cabot, and Warren. |
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| | The Vermont Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net |
| | All commissions shall be in the name of The People of the State of Vermont, sealed with the State Seal, signed by the Governor, and in the absence of the Governor by the Lieutenant-Governor, and attested by the Secretary; which Seal shall be kept by the Governor. | | | The Treasurer of the State shall, before entering upon the duties of office, give sufficient security to the Secretary of State, in behalf of the State of Vermont, before the Governor of the State or one of the Justices of the Supreme Court. | | | No person in this State shall be capable of holding or exercising more than one of the following offices at the same time: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Justice of the Supreme Court, Treasurer of the State, member of the Senate, member of the House of Representatives, Surveyor-General, or Sheriff. |
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| | Vermont Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The constitution of the Vermont Republic was drafted and ratified in 1777, and was the first written national constitution in North America. | | | Parts of the region were controlled by the Province of New York and Province of New Hampshire. | | | The Vermont Republic was an independent republic that existed from 1777 until it became the state of Vermont—the 14th state of the United States of America—in 1791. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Vermont
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| | Vermont Coppers - Introduction |
| | He was Rupert's representative to the Vermont legislature during 1780 and was a Justice of the Peace for the town from 1780-1790. | | | This is speculative, in that James Atlee's role as a diemaker is the subject of debate. | | | On that same day, the act was read and approved by the House and sent up and to the Council where the members voted to concur with the House, approving the measure into law. |
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http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/VT-Copper.intro.html
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| | The Second Vermont Republic |
| | On October 28 the Second Vermont Republic will hold the first statewide convention on secession in the United States since North Carolina voted to secede from the Union on May 20, 1861. | | | Many Vermonters have a deep distrust of federal government. | | | The state government is still run by democratic (as democratic as possible in our current political “situation”) town meetings, everyone who gives a shit attends them. |
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http://lux.gnn.tv/blogs/8279/The_Second_Vermont_Republic
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| | Free Vermont |
| | Only in Vermont, with its town-meeting tradition and tolerance of radical dissent, would the golden-domed State Capitol be given over to a convention exploring the whys and wherefores of splitting from the United States. | | | Asked what would become of abortion rights in a Second Vermont Republic, Naylor shrugged and replied, “whatever the people decide.” The SVR takes no position on abortion, gay rights, gun control, and the like; these are questions to be debated within an independent Vermont. | | | Under a portrait of George Washington, Naylor, the founding father of this republic in gestation, charged that the U.S. government has “no moral authority... |
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http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_12_19/article.html
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| | Washington Free Press - #75 May/June 2005 |
| | An effort in Maine seems to have been encouraged by the Vermont movement, while there are also secessionists in California (www.newcaliforniarepublic.or/index.html) and in numerous Southern states. | | | For instance, it became only the second state to pass civil union legislation in 2000 and has long been known for some of the more progressive environmental regulations in the country. | | | "Our Secretary of State (Vermont) recently attacked us on an NBC affiliate station, saying that secession would require an Act of Congress," Naylor points out. |
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http://www.washingtonfreepress.org/75/republicOfVermont.htm
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| | Windsor, Vermont, New England, USA |
| | Vermont's constitution was unique in a number of ways: it was the first to prohibit slavery, the first to establish universal manhood suffrage without requiring ownership of property, and the first to establish a system of public schools. | | | According to local folklore, a violent thunderstorm delayed the delegates' departure long enough that a constitution of the "Free and Independant Republic of Vermont" could be adopted on July 8. | | | The Republic existed for 14 years, before being admitted to the Union as the 14th State. |
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http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/windsor.html
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| | Toward Freedom - Vermont: Most Likely to Secede |
| | For that reason, the Second Vermont Republic takes no official position on such controversial issues as abortion, gay marriage, school prayer, and legalizing marijuana. | | | Vermont ranked 35th among US States in terms of per capita GSP and DEAD LAST in GSP. | | | TN: The Vermont Legislature must be persuaded to authorize a convention of the people to vote on rescinding the petition for statehood approved by the Vermont Assembly in January 1791 and ratified on March 4, 1791. |
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http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/707/1
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| | History and Philosophical Background |
| | Indeed, their constitution was among the first in the world to ban the practice of human slavery. | | | Finally, it submitted to the terms of statehood under severe pressure from the Continental Congress. | | | The relationship between Vermont and the United States continues to hamper the proper growth of our state. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/vt/republicvt/call.html
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| | Windsor Heritage Days |
| | Windsor Heritage Days celebrates the town of Windsor as the "Birthplace of Vermont," where the State's first Constitution was first drafted and ratified, and where the Republic of Vermont was created on July 8, 1777. | | | The Old Constitution House is where the first Constitution of a "Free and Independent State of Vermont" was adopted on July 8, 1777. | | | No other event in Vermont demonstrates New England history better than Windsor Heritage Days! |
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| | Confederate Soldiers Raid St Albans Vermont!(10/19/1864) |
| | Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. | | | The Indian Stream Republic constituted one of the most extraordinary incidents in our State& history. | | | They drafted a constitution and created a militia – of 41 men. |
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| | Idaho Observer: Vermont to Secede? |
| | It was moving to see him explain how some Americans see the direction our nation is being led and are willing to secede from it in the hopes that others will follow us into a state where the dignity of the common man commands that justice and honor guide government’s actions. | | | I then had the honor of being his roommate for several days at the Mut zur Ethik conference last September. | | | As a speaker at the conference, he eloquently stated the reasons why Vermont should secede from the union. |
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| | Ethan Allen History: The Haldimand Affair |
| | The Continental Congress, afraid of antagonizing the powerful state, was noticeably unsupportive, and New Hampshire and Massachusetts were making their own claims to the territory. | | | It was not until 1791 that Vermont became the fourteenth state. | | | The Vermont participants contended that the action was a ruse to prevent English invasion and to pressure Congress into admitting Vermont as a state of the Union. |
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| | Marxism message, RE: [Marxism] Deja vu all over again,or 1812 --note on the fir |
| | The "New Hampshire Grants" were also claimed by New York--with lesser bids for legitimacy made by residents of Massachusetts and Connecticut from time to time. | | | Heman took the Congressional resolution and a copy of the radical constitution of Pennsylvania back to Vermont and it became the basis for its independent government. | | | The Continental Congress passed a resolution authorizing local peoples to rise up and overthrow all colonial governments "not up to the exigencies of the time" (I think that was the term used). |
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http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2004w48/msg00261.htm
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| | Xlibris.Com Bookstore |
| | “Tom Naylor makes a serious case for an independent Vermont, a Second Vermont Republic that could immediately enter the world of nations and thereby begin the peaceful, democratic, and indeed moral process of disuniting the United States.” | | | Not unlike other states, Vermont’s quality of life, political independence, and sustainability are threatened by Corporate America, the U.S. government, the war on terrorism, homeland security, American imperialism, and globalization. | | | This is a call for Vermont to reclaim its soul — to return to its rightful status as an independent republic as it once was between 1777 and 1791. |
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http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=19340
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| | The Middlebury Institute |
| | James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, will be the keynote speaker at The Vermont Convention on Independence to be held in the House Chamber of the State House in Montpelier on Friday October 28 | | | Second, to provide an example and a process for other states and nations which may be seriously considering separatism, secession, independence, and similar devolutionary strategies. | | | First, to raise the level of awareness of Vermonters of the feasibility of independence as a viable alternative to a nation which has lost its moral authority and is unsustainable. |
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| | This is Vermont |
| | Between North Adams, Mass., and Sherburne Pass, near Killington, the Long Trail coexists with the Appalachian Trail, which branches off to take hikers east across New Hampshire toward its terminus at Mt. Katahdin, Maine. | | | This "Valley of Vermont," which runs from Brandon down to the Berkshires, is most dramatically compressed in Bennington County. | | | Railroads were of immense importance to Vermont in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, largely because of the state's location as crossroads for north-south New York-Montreal and east-west Boston-Chicago rail traffic, both passenger and freight. |
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| | The Republic of Vermont 1777 —1791 |
| | Vermonters were so independent that after the Revolutionary War they voted to form their own nation. | | | It stated there would be no slavery in Vermont. | | | Vermont is now part of the United States and we still have a reputation for being very independent thinkers and problem solvers. |
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http://www.ccsvt.org/Champs/Vermont/Republic
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| | The Green Mountain Republic of Vermont |
| | This page is dedicated to the secession of Vermont from the federalist United States. | | | In order to preserve Vermont's unique democratic tradion, a separation must be staged with the bloated bureaucracy of the United States. | | | This break must occur on all levels: political, economic, societal, cultual, and emotional. |
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| | Vermont Independence Resolution Petition |
| | Be it resolved that the state of Vermont peacefully and democratically free itself from the United States of America and return to its natural status as an independent republic as it was between Janurary 15, 1777 and March 4, 1791. | | | This is a petition to collect signatures of all those supporting Vermont seceding from the United States and becoming an indepedent and sovereign nation. | | | Target: James Douglas, Governor and the Vermont General Assembly, State of Vermont |
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| | Thomas Naylor on Vermont, George Bush, and Secession - News |
| | Naylor also expressed his dissatisfaction with not only the Bush Administration, but several other Republican administrations, as being one of the Second Republic's motives behind separation from the United States. | | | While some may question the legality of secession there are several states, including Virginia, that have secession written into their Constitutions. | | | A constitutionally legal separation from the United States is not only be feasible under Second Republic philosophy, it is necessary. |
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| | Vermont History Expo 2005: History Speaks... |
| | Ciongolli is a clinical associate professor of neurology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. | | | Ciongolli is the author of "Passage to Liberty," a history of Italians in America that traces Italian immigration to various regions of the United States, including the Northeast. | | | In his presentation, Dr. Ciongolli will focus on the history of the various Italian American communities in Vermont, where he has made his home for over 30 years. |
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| | Times Argus: Vermont News & Information |
| | Thomas Naylor, founder of the Second Vermont Republic, said he believes the current political system in the United States is "corrupt to the core" and that Vermont must break its ties with the United States to begin the process of reform. | | | Naylor is a retired entrepreneur and professor of economics at Duke University. | | | Both organizations support the idea of Vermont seceding from the United States and reclaiming its status as an independent republic. |
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| | Vermont to Secede from the US? - Baptist Watch: Forum for religious debate and criticism |
| | While Naylor in his book also fantasizes about joining New Hampshire and Maine as a nation, the Second Vermont Republic’s primary agenda is splitting with the United States. | | | In Vermont, the Mississippi native taught economics for a year at Middlebury College and a few courses at the University of Vermont’s business school. | | | He does not believe leaving the United States would make the state vulnerable to military attack. |
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| | Secessionist Papers: Second Vermont Republic |
| | AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new form of government for the various united states. | | | September 2002 / April 2004 / May 2004 / June 2004 / July 2004 / November 2004 / January 2005 / February 2005 / March 2005 / | | | Second Vermont Republic "The Second Vermont Republic is a peaceful, democratic, grassroots solidarity movement committed to the return of Vermont to its rightful status as an independent republic as was the case in 1791 and to support Vermont's future development as a separate, sustainable nation-state." ¶ 3:12 AM |
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| | UPNE The Vermont Encyclopedia |
| | RALPH H. ORTH of Shelburne is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Vermont. | | | Beginning in the 1950s, Vermont became a mecca for enterprising individuals from other parts of the country whose alliance with native-born Vermonters gradually changed the state into a liberal political bastion. | | | SAMUEL B. HAND of Burlington, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Vermont, was named "Dean of Vermont Historians" by the Rutland Herald in 1999. |
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| | Speech to Second Vermont Republic by Kunstler |
| | For about 210 years we have been a federal democratic republic composed of more than a few states, eventually adding up to fifty. | | | At times, the citizen's identity has shifted from allegiance to a particular state to the republic as a whole - as when Robert E. Lee, for instance, famously declared that he was first a citizen of Virginia. |
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| | Salon article on the Second Vermont Republic & secession... |
| | This would be wonderfull, Vermont seceding -- right next the the Free State Project. | | | Naylor is quite the author in his own right - see Affluenza. | | | Vermont as the gentle Switzerland of North America (but armed to the teeth, |
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| | [ballistichelmet] the Second Vermont Republic |
| | Doesn't Vermont, by virtue of its founding have a secession clause in its state constitution endorsed by the US at its founding? | | | >>>>>> >>>>>> Naylor is planning the secession to be as non-violent as possible >>>>>> and >>>>>> insists that his goal is to merely free Vermont from the chains >>>>>> of 49 >>>>>> other states. | | | >>>>>> >>>>>> So far, the Second Vermont Republic only has a few hundred members >>>>>> but >>>>>> Naylor is confident his plan will work. |
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http://www.ballistichelmet.org/pipermail/heads/2003-December/002018.html
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| | Dorset, Vermont, New England, USA |
| | Ironically, the first general convention of the freemen of the New Hampshire Grants met at Dorset in 1776 to consider the organization of a free and independent district, and for many years the town played an vital part in the establishment of Vermont as a separate entity. | | | Named for either the town of Dorsett, England, or Lionel Cranfield Sackwille, first Duke of Dorset, a man of great political influence who served the first three Kings George loyally. | | | Many times during the early years of the Vermont republic, the Legislature met at Cephas Kent's Tavern in Dorset. |
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| | Vermont Commons Voices of Independence |
| | As we enter the 21st century, Vermont Commons is an organization dedicated to the proposition that Vermonters should peaceably secede from the United States and govern themselves as an independent republic once again. | | | SVR a focus in the Sunday Rutland Herald/Times Argus. | | | From 1777 - 1791, the citizens of Vermont governed themselves as an independent republic. |
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| | Maybe, Maybe Not: Assorted Thoughts on the Coming Election - Jonathan David Morris - MensNewsDaily.com™ |
| | Just imagine what life would be like if states could secede from unions, towns from states, families from towns, and people from families. | | | In the northeast alone we already have the New Hampshire-based Free State Project (which isn’t officially secessionist), and a group called the Second Vermont Republic (which is), as well as a movement in Killington, Vermont, to leave Vermont and join New Hampshire (despite being miles from the border). | | | Vermont, for example, is a little more liberal than, say, anywhere else. |
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http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/morris/2004/morris110904.htm
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| | The Vermont Manifesto: The Second Vermont Republic |
| | This product was released to the public on 01 November, 1987. | | | This product was released to the public on October, 2003. | | | How Conservatives Won the Heart of America are in stock for only $9.80. |
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| | The Vermont Manifesto: The Second Vermont Republic (Thomas Naylor) |
| | A must for all striving for social justice | | | Naylor, Professor emeritus of Duke University, presents an articulate and effective argument for native Vermonters and flatlanders alike. | | | Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil |
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| | VermontVacation.com Destinations Southern Windsor County |
| | We'll start our tour in Windsor, known as the "Birthplace of Vermont" where, on July 8, 1777, the constitution that created the Republic of Vermont was signed. | | | As the birthplace of Vermont, Windsor is celebrating its place in history by sponsoring several special events restoring and renovating historic buildings, and focusing on revitalizing its downtown to assure future economic viability. | | | Come with us on a tour of the towns of this historical region. |
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| | swatting at flies: New Vermont Republic |
| | Those crazy Christian secessionists in Georgia are not the only wackos - here's a guy who want Vermont to secede. | | | Remind me why we need a Federal government again? |
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| | AddALL.com - Vermont Manifesto: The Second Vermont Republic |
| | Vermont Manifesto: The Second Vermont Republic - by Thomas Naylor - Hardcover - List $30.99 | | | If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! | | | AddALL.com - Vermont Manifesto: The Second Vermont Republic |
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| | Vermont Republic |
| | The People's Republic: Vermont and the Sanders Revolution | | | Bid on New and Used Vehicles as Much as 90% Off! | | | Site map: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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