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Ohio Timeline

By olivia44

  • La Salle

    René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle explores Ohio region for France.

  • The French and Ottawa Indian

    The French and Ottawa Indian War ends.

  • Northwest Territory

    Ohio becomes part of the Northwest Territory.

  • Marietta

    Marietta, the first settlement in Ohio Territory, is founded.

  • United States

    United States Army defeats Native American forces at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

  • The Treaty of Greenville

    The Treaty of Greenville gives the United States claim to most Native American lands in the Northwest Territory.

  • Ohio becomes a state

    Ohio became the seventeenth state.

  • Canal

    The Erie Canal opens.

  • John Parker

    He bought his freedom from slavery and moved to Ripley, Ohio.

  • The American Civil War begins

    More than 300,000 soldiers from Ohio joined the army.

  • The Wright Brothers

    Wilbur and Orville Wright from Ohio have successful airplane flight.

  • Migration

    The Great Migration begins.

  • Depression

    The Great Depression begins.

  • Civil Rights

    Ohio Civil Rights act is passed.

  • More people live in Ohio

    More than 11 million people live in Ohio.