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The Establishment of Michigan's Boundaries: A Study in ... - JStor  to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an ... be established, the northern boundaries of Ohio, Indiana, and Illi- ... All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms ... By an Act of Congress in 1805 the territory of Michigan was de- .... Upper Peninsula and Statehood were offered to Michigan if it.
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Michigan Territory - Wikipedia  The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit was the territorial capital. Contents. [hide]. 1 History and government .... The act defined the territory as "all that part of the Indiana Territory, which lies...
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MI: Commentary  In 1805 Michigan Territory was created to include all of the Lower Peninsula, but most of the Upper Peninsula remained part of Indiana Territory until 1809 when .... Civil townships were also subject to change, and one must sometimes piece...
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n January 11, 1805, President Thomas - Seeking Michigan  Jefferson created the Michigan. Territory. The story of the Michigan Territory ... time, Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory. ... included Michigan) became known as the Indiana. Territory. The territorial capital ... Indiana. At the time, most Michiganians lived in Detroit. No one had asked ... Lower Peninsula ... tip of the Upper.
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History of Michigan - Wikipedia  The history of human activity in Michigan, a US state in the Midwest, began with settlement of ... Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and .... declared as Michigan Territory in 1805, including all of the Lower Peninsula. .... Jackson was home to one of the first car industry developments.
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Toledo War - MSU Department of Geography - Michigan State ...  Since the city of Toledo was not chartered until 1837 and since the fracas was not ... An act of Congress in 1836 admitted Michigan on condition that the Upper ... at the southern end of the lake would make Toledo part of Ohio, although wrongly. ... The whole crisis of the Toledo Strip reached its' height during the 1830's...
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Everything You Need To Know About US Territories  Jun 27, 2013 ... Its largest colony, The Philippines, was given independence 40 ... from joining the rest of the Hawaiian Islands from becoming a state. ... Guam became a US territory in 1898 after it was ceded to the US in ... Northern Marianas Islands ... Spanish-American war, the islands were ceded to Germany, not the...
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A history of the upper peninsula of Michigan ... - University of Michigan  Marie by Marquette and by same man at Mackinac Island-Western Territory claimed ... Delta County-First settlement in Menominee County-Early settlers in Ontonagon ... Mission school at St. Ignace-Early schools in Escanaba and Sault Ste. ..... land and founded the first white settlement in what is now the state of Michigan.
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Michigan - Wikipedia  Michigan Listen/mn/ is a state located in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States ... Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. .... of the Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island until 1818 and 1847, respectively. .... Michigan, like every U.S. state except Louisiana, has a common law legal...
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indiana - Search-ID.com  Indiana is ranked 38th in land area, and is the smallest contiguous state west of the ... Nestled between Ohio & Illinois, it's the smallest mainland state in area west of ... not Illinois; In area, it's the smallest mainland state west of the Appalachian...
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The Canadas - Wikipedia  The Canadas is the collective name for Upper Canada and Lower Canada, two British historical colonies in present-day Canada. They were both created by the Constitutional Act of 1791 and abolished in 1841 with the union of Upper and Lower Canada. ... portion of the modern-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and (until 1809) the...
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan - Wikipedia  The Upper Peninsula is the northern of the two major peninsulas that make up the U.S. state of ... Ordered by size, the peninsula's largest cities are Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie ... with some proposals even leaving the Upper Peninsula out entirely. ... Although the state government was not yet recognized by the United States...
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Clearing up the Confusion surrounding OHIO's Admission to ...  As the very first Section of the Ordinance also allowed that the Territory might be ... the leftover "eastern district", or at least a part of it, to soon achieve Statehood. ... On 1 March 1803, the new State government of Ohio became effective and the...
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Geography of Michigan  The state includes 99,199 sq km (38,301 sq mi) of the Great Lakes waters and 4,172 ... The Lower Peninsula is sometimes called the Michigan Mitten, because its ... hand, with the peninsula extending into Lake Huron known as the Thumb. ... the Keweenaw Peninsula, juts north into Lake Superior in the western part of the...
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PU 44 - State of Michigan  77. Plate IX. Fossils of Garden Island and Bois Blanc formations . .... formations of the Mackinac Straits region have been a puzzle. ... Michigan, northern Ohio, and southwestern Ontario are ... the science, and at the same time paid some attention to the bed ...... formation name) and the Middle Devonian Bois Blanc formation...
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Florida Territory - Wikipedia  The Territory of Florida was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 30, 1822, until March 3, 1845, .... On March 30, 1822, the United States merged East Florida and part of what formerly constituted ... William Pope Duval became the first official governor of the Florida Territory and soon...
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Indiana facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Named "land of Indians" for the many Indian tribes that ... 1,257 ft (383 m) above sea level; the lowest point, on the Ohio River, is 320 ft (98 m). ... Four-fifths of the state's land is drained by the Wabash River, which flows ..... As of 2000, foreign-born Hoosiers numbered 186,534 (3% of the total state...
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History of Indiana - This is Indiana - Angelfire  They began to hunt smaller animals such as deer and rabbits. ..... By 1732, the French had made three trading post along the Wabash River with ... The future state of Indiana's contribution to the American Revolution revolves around George Rogers Clark. .... The old French city of Vincennes became the territory's capital.
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Detroit Urbanism: The Woodward Plan Part I: Origins  Apr 4, 2016 ... The new Town of Detroit was finally an incorporated municipality, ... The Governor and Judges of the Michigan Territory. ... On June 11, 1805, just days before Michigan officially became a territory, every building in Detroit except one burned to ... Two years later, Woodward moved to the District of Columbia,...
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State of Deseret - Wikipedia  The State of Deseret was a provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by settlers ... In September 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850, the Utah Territory was ... Brigham Young was inaugurated as the first governor of the Utah Territory. ... Officials from Utah Territory and leaders of the LDS Church were not...
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Upper Canada - Wikipedia  The Province of Upper Canada was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the United ... The new province remained, for the next fifty years of growth and settlement, the ... Upper Canada included all of modern-day Southern Ontario and all those ... 8.1 War of 1812 (18121815); 8.2 1837 Rebellion and Patriot War.