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Christopher Gist (1706–1759) was an explorer, surveyor, and frontiersman active in Colonial America.He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country (the present-day states of Ohio, eastern Indiana, western Pennsylvania, and northwestern West Virginia).
In September, 1801, Cutler was elected to represent Washington County, Ohio in the House of Representatives of the Northwest Territory at the First Session of the Second Territorial General Assembly convened November 23, 1801 – January 23, 1802, [15] where he drafted the legislation that incorporated the predecessor to Ohio University. [16]
When modern Europeans began to arrive in North America, they traded with numerous Native American (also known as American Indian) tribes for furs in exchange for goods. In the year 1600 AD, Ohio was divided between several native tribes who were part of three cultures- Iroquoians, Algonquians and Siouans.
George Washington and the American Military Tradition. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820309392. Jensen, Merrill (1940). The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774–1781. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299002039. Jensen, Merrill (1943). "The Idea of a ...
The marriage certificate is the first document that records his new identity. He identified as " Antoine de Lamothe, écuyer, sieur de Cadillac ", and signed as " De Lamothe Launay ". Like many immigrants, he took advantage of emigrating to the New World to create a new identity, perhaps to conceal the reasons that drove him from France.
First president of the United States. [1] First president to have been born in the 18th century. [2] First president to have been a military veteran. [a] [3] First president to have served in the American Revolutionary War. [4] First president born in Virginia. [5] First president to be elected to a second term in office. [6] First president to ...
White Eyes, named Koquethagechton (c. 1730 – 5 November 1778), was Chief Sachem [1] of the Lenape (Delaware) people in the Ohio Country during the era of the American Revolution. Sometimes known as George White Eyes, or Captain Grey Eyes al. Sir William, his given name in Lenape was rendered in many spelling variations in colonial records. [2]
The First Great Awakening was the nation's first major religious revival, occurring in the middle of the 18th century, and it injected new vigor into Christian faith. It was a wave of religious enthusiasm among Protestants that swept the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion.