The Michigan Brigade, also known as the Wolverines, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, or Custer’s Brigade, was a group of cavalry soldiers in the Union Army during the second half of the American Civil War. It was mainly made up of the 1st Michigan Cavalry, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 6th Michigan Cavalry, and 7th Michigan Cavalry. This unit participated in all major battles of the Army of the Potomac, starting with the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 and ending with the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.
The Constitution of the State of Michigan is the official document that guides the government of the U.S. state of Michigan. It explains how the state’s government is organized and works.
The Constitution of the State of Michigan is the main rule book for the U.S. state of Michigan. It explains how the state’s government is organized and works.
The Constitution of the State of Michigan is the main rule book for the U.S. state of Michigan. It explains how the state’s government is organized and what it does.
The Toledo War (1835–1836), also called the Michigan–Ohio War or Ohio–Michigan War, was a disagreement between the U.S. state of Ohio and the nearby territory of Michigan over an area now known as the Toledo Strip. Control of the place where the Maumee River meets the lake and the shipping opportunities it provided, along with the farmland to the west, were seen as valuable by both sides.
Stevens Thomson Mason was born on October 27, 1811, and died on January 4, 1843. He was an American politician who served as Michigan’s first governor from 1835 to 1840. At a young age, Mason became well-known in politics.
The Northwest Ordinance, officially called An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, was passed by the Congress of the Confederation on July 13, 1787. This law created the Northwest Territory, the first organized area of land in the United States between British North America and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south. The western edge of the territory was the upper Mississippi River, and Pennsylvania formed its eastern edge.
The Battle of Fallen Timbers, which happened on August 20, 1794, was the last major fight of the Northwest Indian War. This war was a conflict between the Northwestern Confederacy, a group of Native American tribes, and the United States, who fought over control of the Northwest Territory. The battle occurred near the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio, where many trees had been knocked down by a tornado.
The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, often called the Jay Treaty or Jay’s Treaty, was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain. It helped prevent war, solved problems left from the 1783 Treaty of Paris (which ended the American Revolutionary War), and allowed ten years of peaceful trade between the United States and Britain during the French Revolutionary Wars, which began in 1792. The treaty was planned by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and supported by President George Washington.
The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States. This treaty officially ended the War of American Independence and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which were part of colonial British America, as free, sovereign, and independent unified states. The treaty established the boundaries between British North America, later known as Canada, and the United States.