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100,00 Native Americans living in the Great Lakes region

“The Three Fires” Chippewa (Ojibway), Ottawa, Potawatomi-They were mobile people who used the rivers and lakes for transportation.

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French Explorers went seeking the fabled “northwest passage” to the Orient.

Hoping to find Chinese but found copper.

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French missionaries set out to convert the Native Americans to Christianity

First permanent settlement at Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace

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British began forming alliances with Native Americans

Fort Pontchartrain became a major trading post and settlement

Fur trade became very lucrative

Indian raids inspired by the British

Intensity of the British resulted in the French and Indian War

French surrendered Detroit to British Major Rogers ending a century of French rule in Michigan

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British forts not including Detroit, Pitt, and Niagara fell

Ottawa leader Pontiac laid siege to Detroit from May through November

Fort St. Joseph was abandoned

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The American Revolution had no impact

Michigan was firmly controlled by the British

French and British residents did not feel a strong allegiance to the American cause

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Treaty of Paris signified the end of the American Revolution

British ignored the Treaty they wanted to continue their lucrative fur trade

George Washington attempted to take Fort Detroit and Michigan into American possession

Michigan was included in Kent County -the Province of Upper Canada

First elections held in Michigan for our representatives to the Upper Canadian Assembly

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Hundreds of men died under the command of the first governor of the Northwest Territory Arthur St. Clair

Jay’s Treaty, British control of Michigan ended

American flag flew over Detroit

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Michigan was under the control of the United States

Western half of Michigan’s Lower and most of the Upper Peninsula part of the Indiana Territory

President Jefferson signs Michigan to become a separate territory

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Treaty was negotiated with Native Americans involving the southern part of Michigan

War of 1812-Michigan was under British control

Governor Hull was replaced by General Lewis Cass

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Victory on Lake Erie-British abandoned Detroit for the last time

Britain ended the war with the Treaty of Ghent

Governor Cass-secured treaties with the Indians that provided a surge in population

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Roads began being built

First public land sale

Settlement was aided by the Territorial Road and the Chicago Road

Steam transportation due to the completion of the Erie Canal in New York opened the floodgates

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Michigan Fever” 60,000 inhabitants

Michigan seeks admission to the Union

A constitution was drafted

January 26, 1837, Michigan became the twenty-sixth state