Editing Detroit (section)

===British rule===
{{Further|Fort Shelby (Michigan)}}

During the [[French and Indian War]] (1753–63)—the North American front of the [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe between the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and the [[Kingdom of France]]—British troops gained control of the settlement a few years into the conflict in 1760 and shortened its name to Detroit. Several regional Native American tribes, such as the [[Potawatomi|Potowatomi]], [[Ojibwe]] and Huron, launched [[Pontiac's War]] (1763–1766), and [[siege of Fort Detroit|laid siege]] in 1763 to [[Fort Detroit]] along the Detroit River in the Great Lakes but failed to capture it. In defeat, France ceded its territory in North America of New France and south of the lakes east of the Mississippi to the Appalachian Mountains to Britain following the war.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/detroit-built-succeed-looking-detroits-past-see-future
| title = Why Detroit is Built to Succeed: Looking at Detroit's Past to See Its Future
| access-date = February 17, 2020
| last = Ross
| first = Marc
| date = January 18, 2017
| work = Diplomatic Courier
| publisher = Global Affairs Media
| language = en
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| archive-date = February 17, 2020
}}</ref>

When Great Britain evicted France from its colonial possessions in [[New France]] ([[Canada (New France)|Canada]]) in the peace terms of the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] of 1763, it also removed one barrier to American colonists migrating west across the mountains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://totallyhistory.com/french-and-indian-war/|title=The French & Indian War, Seven Years War Summary|date=September 9, 2011|website=Totally History}}</ref> British negotiations with the Iroquois would both prove critical and lead to the [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]], which limited settlements South of and below the Great Lakes and west of the [[Alleghenies]] / [[Appalachians]]. Many colonists and pioneers in the [[Thirteen Colonies]] along the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]], resented and then simply defied this restraint, later becoming supporters of the rebellious [[American Revolution]]. By 1773, after the addition of increasing numbers of the [[Anglo-Americans|Anglo-American]] settlers, the population of Detroit and [[Fort Detroit]], was edging up to 1,400 (doubled in the previous decade). During the [[American Revolutionary War]] (1775–1783), the indigenous and loyalist raids of 1778 and the resultant 1779 decisive [[Sullivan Expedition]] reopened the [[Ohio Country]] (north of the [[Ohio River]] and west of the mountains) to even more westward emigration, which began almost immediately to get away from the eastern warfare. By 1778, its population had doubled again, reaching 2,144 and it was the third-largest town in what was known then as the [[Province of Quebec (1763–91)|Province of Quebec]] since the British takeover of former French colonial possessions in North America in 1763.<ref>Jacqueline Peterson, Jennifer S. H. Brown, ''Many Roads to Red River'' (2001), p69</ref>

After the [[American Revolutionary War]] (1775–1783) and the establishment and recognition of the United States as an independent country, the Great Britain ceded Detroit and other territories in the interior region of the continent, south of the Great Lakes and west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to the [[Mississippi River]] under the  peace of the terms of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|1783 Treaty of Paris]]. The new [[Northwest Territories]] established the southern border with Great Britain's remaining colonial provinces in [[British North America]] and became provinces of [[Upper Canada]] and [[Lower Canada]]. However, the disputed border area remained under British control with several military forts and trading posts for another decade, and its forces did not fully withdraw until 1796, following the negotiations and ratification of the subsequent [[Jay Treaty]] of 1794 between the British and Americans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/History-of-Detroit-a-Chronicle-of-Its-Progress-Volume-1/105630/110 |title="History of Detroit: A Chronicle of Its Progress" Page 71, 1912 |website=Mocavo.com |access-date=October 22, 2024}}</ref> By the turn of the 19th century, white American settlers began pouring westwards across the Appalachians and through the Great Lakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/historicalmarkers/inventoryfour.html|title=Museum Outreach|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov}}</ref>

====Legacy====
{{Further|Muskrat French}}
Today the municipal [[flag of Detroit]] reflects its both its French and English colonial heritage. Descendants of the earliest French and [[French Canadian|French-Canadian]] settlers formed a cohesive community, who gradually were superseded as the dominant population after more Anglo-American settlers arrived in the early 19th century with American westward migration. Living along the shores of Lake St. Clair and south to [[Monroe, Michigan|Monroe]] and downriver suburbs, the ethnic French Canadians of Detroit, also known as [[Muskrat French]] in reference to the fur trade, remain a subculture in the region up into the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|last1=LaForest|first1=James|title='Muskrat French': French-Canadian River Culture in the Windsor/Detroit Region|url=https://voyageurheritage.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/muskrat-french-french-canadian-river-culture-in-the-windsordetroit-region/|website=Voyageur Heritage: Community Journal and Resource Guide|date=March 7, 2014|publisher=James LaForest|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Beneteau|first1=Marcel|title=Detroit River: A Special Place in French North American History|url=http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-453/Detroit_River:_A_Special_Place_in_French_North_American_History.html|website=Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>