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1834 AD (search for this): entry michigan
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Michigan,
Was discovered and settled by French missionaries and furtraders.
As early as 1610 the site of Detroit was visited by Frenchmen, and in 1641 some Jesuits reached the falls of St. Mary.
The first European settlements within the present limits of Michigan were made there by the establishment of a mission by Father Jacques Marquette (q. v.) and others in 1668. Three years later Fort Mackinaw was established, and in 1701 Detroit was founded.
Michigan made slow progress in population from that time until it was made a Territory
Seal of the State of Michigan. of the United States.
It came into possession of the English by the treaty of 1763; suffered from the conspiracy of Pontiac (q. v.); and it was some time after the treaty of peace, in 1783, before the British gave up the territory.
The Americans did not take possession until 1796.
At first it was a part of the Northwest Territory, and afterwards it formed a part of the Territory of Indiana.
It was erected into an
1819 AD (search for this): entry michigan
1825 AD (search for this): entry michigan
1823 AD (search for this): entry michigan
1846 AD (search for this): entry michigan
1845 AD (search for this): entry michigan
1848 AD (search for this): entry michigan
1610 AD (search for this): entry michigan
Michigan,
Was discovered and settled by French missionaries and furtraders.
As early as 1610 the site of Detroit was visited by Frenchmen, and in 1641 some Jesuits reached the falls of St. Mary.
The first European settlements within the present limits of Michigan were made there by the establishment of a mission by Father Jacques Marquette (q. v.) and others in 1668. Three years later Fort Mackinaw was established, and in 1701 Detroit was founded.
Michigan made slow progress in population from that time until it was made a Territory
Seal of the State of Michigan. of the United States.
It came into possession of the English by the treaty of 1763; suffered from the conspiracy of Pontiac (q. v.); and it was some time after the treaty of peace, in 1783, before the British gave up the territory.
The Americans did not take possession until 1796.
At first it was a part of the Northwest Territory, and afterwards it formed a part of the Territory of Indiana.
It was erected into an