What is Vermont Republic?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Vermont Republic (1777-1791) | native_name = Republic of New Connecticut (January-June 1777) | common_name = Republic of the Green Mountains | image_flag = Flag_of_the_Vermont_Republic.svg | alt_flag = Vertical tricolor (green, red, yellow) with a five-pointed gold star in the center of the red. | image_coat = Seal of Vermont (B&W).svg | symbol_type = Coat of arms | image_map = File:Map of USA VT.svg | alt_map = Location of Vermont in the [[United States]] | national_motto = Freedom and Unity | official_languages = [[English language|English]] | capital = [[Windsor, Vermont|Windsor]], then [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]] | government_type = [[Republic]] | legislature = House of Representatives of the Freemen of Vermont | sovereignty_type = Independence from [[New York]] and [[New Hampshire]] | established_event1 = Declared independence | established_date1 = January 1777 | established_date2 = Constitution adopted | established_event2 = July 2, 1777 | currency = [[Vermont copper]] | demonym = | area_km2 = | area_rank = | GDP_PPP = | GDP_PPP_year = | HDI = | HDI_year = | today = {{Flag|United States}}<br>{{Flag|Vermont}} }} The '''Vermont Republic''' was a country that existed from 1777 to 1791. It was located on land that was claimed by [[New York]] and [[New Hampshire]]. It had its own postal system, military, and [[currency]]. Even though it had a government, it was not respected by Great Britain or the [[Continental Congress]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8102283.html|title=ASK THE GLOBE|date=2 January 1989|publisher=}}{