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  2. Timeline of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Ford was the first company to sign a contract with them, again showing the impact that the Ford Motor Company has had throughout Detroit's history. Detroit Tigers baseball team win 1935 World Series defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2. The season was their 35th since they entered the American League in 1901. It was the first World Series ...

  3. 1796 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of United States history (1790–1819) ... The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under the terms ... 1794-1796. Pennsylvania ...

  4. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas history. [ 18 ] Between 1528 and 1535, four survivors of the Narváez expedition , including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico , spent six and a half years in Texas as slaves and traders among various native groups.

  5. Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819)

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    1796 – Tennessee becomes the 16th state [9] (formerly part of North Carolina) 1796 – Treaty of Tripoli; 1796 – U.S. presidential election, 1796: John Adams is elected president, Thomas Jefferson vice president

  6. Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit - Wikipedia

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    Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac. A settlement based on the fur trade, farming and missionary work slowly developed in the area.

  7. Timeline of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]

  8. Category:History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of Detroit" ... History of Detroit; Timeline of Detroit | History of African Americans in Detroit; 0–9. 430 West Records; A.

  9. History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in the 1980s, for the first time in its history, Detroit was a majority-black city. [185] This drastic racial demographic change resulted in more than a change in neighborhood appearance. It had political, social, and economic effects as well. In 1974, Detroit elected its first black mayor, Coleman Young. [186]