Editing Michigan Territory (section)

==Territorial acquisition==
The area that became Michigan had been British territory, and was ceded to the United States in 1783, although the native peoples of the area had not ceded control to either the British or Americans for most of the territory by 1783. The majority of it was gained by cession, coerced or otherwise. The people who resided in Michigan before American settlement were the [[Ottawa (people)|Ottawa]], the [[Potawatomi]], [[Ojibwa]] and the [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]]. Treaties ceding the land were signed between 1795 (the [[Treaty of Greenville]]) and 1842 (the [[Treaty of La Pointe]]). Other notable treaties were [[Treaty of Brownstown|Governor Hull's treaty]] of 1808, the [[Treaty of Saginaw]] in 1819, the two [[Treaty of Chicago|Treaties of Chicago]] ([[1821 Treaty of Chicago|1821]] and [[1833 Treaty of Chicago|1833]]), the [[Carey Mission]] in 1828 and the [[Treaty of Washington (1836)|Treaty of Washington]] in 1836 and a later [[Treaty of St. Peters #1837 Treaty of St. Peters|treaty of January 14, 1837]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-chippewa-1837.-(0482) | title=Treaty with the Chippewa, 1837 - Tribal Treaties Database | access-date=July 7, 2022 | archive-date=July 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707065813/https://treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-chippewa-1837.-(0482) | url-status=live }}</ref>