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In 1802, when Ohio was admitted to the Union, the whole of Michigan was attached to the Territory of Indiana, and so remained until 1805, when the Territory of Michigan was established. [5] Michigan was made the twenty-sixth state of the United States on January 26.
When Michigan became a state in 1837, the boundary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Detroit was redrawn to coincide with that of the state; the other dioceses were later carved out from the Detroit Diocese but remain part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit. [83]
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.
On January 12, 1835, territorial governor Stevens T. Mason announced that Michigan was ready to become a state. But, the United States Congress said no. Congress said Michigan had work to do before becoming a state. First, at least 60,000 people had to live within its boundaries.
Michigan - Statehood, Growth, Economy: Michigan was anxious for statehood so that it might undertake a more ambitious program of internal improvements. The first constitution was enacted in 1835, but statehood was delayed until 1837 by the so-called Toledo War, a boundary dispute with Ohio.
Since its admission on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state of the Union and the fourth to be carved from the Northwest Territory, Michigan has become a mainspring in the economic life of the United States; the name of its largest city, Detroit, has become a byword throughout the world for the American automotive industry. The state also has ...
Michigan became a state in 1837. Its largest city, Detroit, is home to the American auto industry and is the birthplace of Motown Records.
On January 12, 1835, territorial governor Stevens T. Mason announced that Michigan was ready to become a state. But, the United State Congress said no. Congress said Michigan had work to do before becoming a state. First, at least 60,000 people had to live within its boundaries.
The area that would become Michigan was awarded to the United States in 1783. In 1787 it was made a part of the newly created Northwest Territory —along with the lands now constituting Indiana , Ohio , Illinois , and Wisconsin .
On January 26, 1837, Michigan became the 26th state to join the Union. The opening of the Erie Canal 12 years earlier had started a population rush to the territory. The population grew from almost 9,000 white residents in 1820 to more than 212,000 by 1840.