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In 1776, Massachuetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island were colonies, and later states. Vermont was an unclaimed strip of land. Maine was a part of Massachusetts. Vermont joined the nation as a state after th revolution and Maine remained a nonentity until 1820 when it was made into a state to balance out the entrance of slave state Missouri.

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Maine was part of Massachusetts and Vermont was part of New York.

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Maine was a colony of Massachusetts, and Vermont was an independent republic before being annexed by the United States.

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