Brief Look At Historic
Michigan State
The French were exploring
a great river called 'Mississippi' by the local Indian tribes and in 1679
they built a Fort which was built in present day St. Joseph in Michigan
and was the first non-Indian community to settle in the Lower Peninsula.
The French settled there permanently and started trading until 1753 when
British Forces defeated them in a bloody war, the French and Indian war
(1754 to 1763).
The British forces continued
later fighting the local Indians instead for many years to gain extra territory
and forced them further West. Later the British taxed the American Colonists
to pay for the English Military expenses which caused a lot of disillusion
amongst them. A revolution was waiting to happen and it happened in 1776
and the British still were not willing to leave and were also trying to
retain Canada, but were uprooted by the revolutionaries and every thing
changed in 1796 when the British Flag was finally lowered and the American
Flag was raised.
Michigan earned its statehood
in 1837 when President Andrew Jackson signed the bill making Michigan the
twenty sixth state of US. By June 1855 ships were used in trading here
and many harbors were built. Copper mining started here in early 1840 and
also Michigan alone could produce more iron ore then any other state by
the end of the 19th century.
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