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The state's oldest cultural institution, the Historical Society of Michigan, was established by territorial governor Lewis Cass and explorer Henry Schoolcraft in 1828. Rising settlement prompted the elevation of Michigan Territory to that of the present-day state. In 1835, the federal government enacted a law that would have created a State of ...
The first permanent European settlement was founded in 1668 on the site where Père Jacques Marquette established Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, as a base for Catholic missions. [20] [21] Missionaries in 1671–75 founded outlying stations at Saint Ignace and Marquette. Jesuit missionaries were well received by the area's Indian populations, with ...
1817 The University of Michigan was established in Detroit, the first public university in the state. 1818 The British ceded control of the several islands of the Upper Peninsula and in the St. Clair River to the U.S. after the Treaty of Ghent and border negotiations were concluded.
From 1805 to 1818, the western border was a line through Lake Michigan. Michigan Territory was established by an act of the United States Congress on January 11, 1805, effective June 30 of that year. [7]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Michigan Territory was established effective June 30, 1805, as a separate territory with Detroit as the capital. The newly appointed governor, William Hull , and the territorial judges ( Augustus B. Woodward , Frederick Bates , James Witherell , and John Griffin ), constituted the territorial government.
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The 1835 Constitution on display at the Michigan Historical Center on Statehood Day in 2013. On January 26, 1835, Acting Territorial Treaty and Military Officer/ Marshal of the Union Assigned to the Territory of the 1662-1776 State of the Union Stevens T. Mason issued an enabling act authorizing the people of Michigan to form a constitution and state government.