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1622 |
The Native Indians of Michigan
were the Huron, Menominee, Chippewa, Potawatomi,
Kickapoo, Miami, Noquet and Fox tribes
French explorer Etienne
Brule ( 1592-1632 French-Huron Interpreter ) sight
Lake Superior
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1668 |
The Jesuit priest Jacques
Marquette (1637-1675) and the Jesuit missionary
Claude Dablon ( 1619 - 1697) establish the first
mission at Sault Sainte Marie
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1673 |
May 17 - Jesuit missionary
Jacques Marquette, French Explorer and fur trader
Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) explore the Mississippi
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1701 |
French army officer Antoine de
la Mothe Cadillac (1658-1730, founder of Detroit)
establishes the first of several French settlements
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1756 |
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1760 |
The French surrender Fort
Pontchartrain to the British which ends French rule
in Detroit |
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1763 |
1763 - 1767 Legal battles were
settled by a survey -- which resulted in the
Mason-Dixon line, surveyed by Charles Mason and
Jeremiah Dixon, establishing Maryland's northern
boundary
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1803 |
The Louisiana Purchase: In
1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State,
James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
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1805 |
The Michigan Territory is
created |
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1819 |
The Treaty of Saginaw cedes
nearly 6 million acres of Indian lands to Michigan
settlers This forced the Native Indians farther and
farther West
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1835 |
The Toledo War ensues over the
Michigan - Ohio boundary |
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1837 |
Statehood - The Date that
Michigan was admitted to the Union - January 26,
1837. Constitution - Michigan was the 26th State to
be admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Si quaeris
peninsulam amoenam, circumspice " the State Motto is
translated as " If you seek a pleasant Peninsula,
look about you ".
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in motion events that led directly to the
outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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