Vermont

Business PresentationsTaylor AmossCaitlin Price 

Table of Contents

• Vermont Information• Location•  History of state• Tourist Attractions• Climate• Natural Resoures • Major Colleges

• Famous People•  State Motto• State Flower and tree •  State Nickname• Summary

Vermont Information

• Offical Website: http://vermont.gov/portal/• State Capital: Montpelier• Population: 608,827• Geographical Size: 9615 Square Miles •  Major Industry: Electronic Equipment, Fabricated Metal

Products, Printing and Publishing, Paper Products, and Tourism

Vermont History

• Admitted Friday, March 4, 1791• Montpelier was chosen as the capital in 1805•  In 1900 the population was 343,641 people•  Vermont adopted Womens Suffrage in 1921•  Television was established in 1967• In 2000 the population was 608,827 people

Tourist Attractions   

 Bread and Puppet Museum: Glover, Vermont Cheap are and political theatre

   

   

                                       

  

  

Hope Cemetary: Barre, VermontGranite Capital of the World

Santa’s Land USA: Putney, VermontFamily Fun Park

 

Climate

         

Generally warm summers & cold winters

Natural Resources

• Sugar Maple• Rocks and Minerals• Pastures• Hydropower

Major Colleges

• Castleton State College• Champlain College• Community College of Vermont• University of Vermont• Saint Michael's College

Famous People • U.S. President Calvin Coolidge• Henry Wells, founder of Wells Fargo and Co.• Brigham Young, Mormon leader, • U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, • Stephen A. Douglas, politician famous for his

debates with Abraham Lincoln.  

State Motto

  

"Freedom & Unity"

 State Flower: Red Clover  

    

State Tree: Sugar Maple

State Nickname

            

The Green Mountain State

Summary

• Vermonts Capital is Montpelier • It was admitted to the United States Friday, March 4, 1791• If you go there you should visit Santa's Land USA • It has generally warm summers and cold winters• Rocks and Minerals are some of the Natural Resources• The state nickname is The Green Mountain State

Sources

• 50 States •  Reference Desk •  Road Side America•  Vermont Facts•  Vermont Colleges• Natural Resources• Vermont-Climate

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