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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.
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 ...
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and ...
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.
June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783: Gibraltar: British victory Capture of Grenada: July 2, 1779: Grenada: French victory Tryon's raid: July 5–14, 1779: Connecticut: British victory Battle of Grenada: July 6, 1779: Grenada: French victory Battle of Stony Point: July 16, 1779: New York: Patriot victory Battle of Minisink: July 22, 1779: New ...
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 ...
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Fort Shelby was a military fort in Detroit, Michigan that played a significant role in the War of 1812 (1812-1815). It was built by the |British Army]] (Kingdom of Great Britain) in 1779 as Fort Lernoult, and was ceded to the United States by the terms of the Jay Treaty in 1796, following up on the original terms of the peace agreement of the Treaty of Paris that ended the American ...