This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Vermont 00:03:43 1 Etymology 00:04:39 2 Geography 00:06:53 2.1 Cities 00:07:17 2.2 Largest towns 00:07:33 2.3 Climate 00:09:42 2.4 Geology 00:11:45 2.5 Fauna 00:14:23 2.6 Flora 00:15:39 3 History 00:15:48 3.1 Native American 00:17:00 3.2 Colonial 00:20:34 3.3 Sovereignty 00:22:06 3.4 Revolutionary War 00:23:19 3.5 Admission to the Union 00:24:59 3.6 The Civil War 00:26:08 3.7 Postbellum era to present 00:26:18 3.7.1 Demographic changes 00:27:07 3.7.2 Natural disasters 00:28:17 3.7.3 Political changes 00:29:53 4 Demographics 00:30:02 4.1 Population changes 00:31:50 4.1.1 Birth data 00:32:17 4.2 Population characteristics 00:33:22 4.3 Vermont speech patterns 00:34:52 4.4 Religion 00:35:00 5 Economy 00:38:23 5.1 Personal income 00:39:29 5.2 Agriculture 00:40:20 5.2.1 Dairy farming 00:43:08 5.2.2 Forestry 00:45:40 5.2.3 Other 00:46:47 5.3 Manufacturing 00:47:17 5.4 Health 00:47:59 5.5 Housing 00:50:08 5.6 Labor 00:51:16 5.7 Insurance 00:52:10 5.8 Tourism 00:55:45 5.9 Quarrying 00:56:50 5.10 Non-profits and volunteerism 00:57:21 6 Transportation 00:59:44 6.1 Major routes 01:00:09 6.1.1 North–south routes 01:02:25 6.1.2 East–west routes 01:04:41 6.2 Rail 01:05:12 6.3 Bus 01:05:20 6.3.1 Intercity 01:06:13 6.3.2 Local 01:08:39 6.4 Ferry 01:09:02 6.5 Airports 01:09:54 7 Media 01:10:03 7.1 Newspapers of record 01:10:47 7.2 Broadcast media 01:11:47 8 Utilities 01:11:56 8.1 Electricity 01:14:22 8.2 Communication 01:15:08 9 Law and government 01:16:18 9.1 Finances and taxation 01:20:10 9.2 Politics 01:20:58 9.2.1 State politics 01:26:22 9.2.2 Federal politics 01:29:48 10 Public health 01:34:48 11 Education 01:36:25 11.1 Higher education 01:37:25 12 Culture 01:39:52 12.1 Sports 01:40:00 12.1.1 Winter sports 01:40:47 12.1.2 Baseball 01:41:15 12.1.3 Basketball 01:41:45 12.1.4 Football 01:42:09 12.1.5 Hockey 01:42:32 12.1.6 Soccer 01:42:56 12.1.7 Motorsport 01:43:50 13 State symbols 01:44:42 14 Notable Vermonters 01:44:58 14.1 Residents 01:46:22 14.2 In fiction 01:47:38 15 Vermont sights 01:47:47 16 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Vermont ( (listen)) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the U.S. states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Vermont is the second-smallest by population and the sixth-smallest by area of the 50 U.S. states. The state capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital in the United States. The most populous city, Burlington, is the least populous city to be the most populous city in a state. As of 2015, Vermont was the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. It was ranked as the safest state in the country in 2016.For thousands of years indigenous peoples, including the Mohawk and the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki, occupied much of the territory that is now Vermont and was later claimed by France's colony of New France. France ceded the territory to Great Britain after being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years' War. Thereafter, the nearby colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed the extent of the area called the New Hampshire Grants to the west of the Connecticut River, encompassing present-day Vermont. The provincial government of New York sold land grants to settlers in the region, which conflicted with earlier grants from the government of New Hampshire. The Green Mountain Boys militia protected the interests of the established New Hampshire land grant settlers against the newly arrived settlers with land titles granted by New York. Ultimately, a group of settlers with New Hampshire land grant titles established the Vermont Republic in 1777 as an independent state during the American Revolutionary War. The Vermont Republic partially abolished slavery before any of the other states. Vermont then became the fourteenth state to be admitted to the newly established United States in 1791. Vermont ...