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1763 - Pontiac besieges Detroit during Pontiac's Rebellion. [4] 1778 - Fort Lernault built. [3] 1783 - The area south of the Great Lakes (including all of Michigan) is ceded by Great Britain to the United States by the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War. However, the British kept actual possession.
When American Indian commissioners visited Detroit in July 1783 they were treated politely, but no commitments were made to turn over the fort. [28] Plan of the Town of Detroit and Fort Lernoult. Britain held on to Detroit, Fort Niagara, Michilimackinac and a number of other outposts until 1796.
Detroit was the goal of various American campaigns during the Revolutionary War, but logistical difficulties in the American frontier and American Indian allies of Great Britain would keep any armed Patriot force from reaching the Detroit area. In the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Great Britain ceded territory that included Detroit to the newly ...
1950 Detroit was the 4th largest city in the U.S., with 1.8 million people. 1957 The five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge opened on November 1. 1959 Motown began recording music in Detroit. 1960 Census results revealed a 1.45 million increase in state population, the largest in state history. 1967 Race riots struck the city of Detroit. After five ...
Pages in category "1783 in Europe" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1783 in Great Britain;
After the arrival of Europeans, the area that became the Michigan Territory was first under French and then British control. The first Jesuit mission, in 1668 at Sault Saint Marie, led to the establishment of further outposts at St. Ignace (where a mission began work in 1671) and Detroit, first occupied in 1701 by the garrison of the former Fort de Buade under the leadership of Antoine de La ...
1491: Columbus sets sail aboard the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. 1492: Columbus reaches the Bahamas, [5] Cuba and Hispaniola.; 1492: La Navidad is established on the island of Hispaniola; it was destroyed by the following year.
January 20, 1783. Great Britain surrendered East Florida and West Florida to Spain; British inhabitants had 18 months from the date of ratification to leave. [9] September 3, 1783. The 1783 Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America, which had