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Ohio Statehood

By Lila12

  • Explores the Ohio region

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

  • The French and Indian war

    The war between the French and the Ottawa Indians ends

  • Northwest Territory

    Ohio becomes part of the Northwest Territory.

  • Marietta is founded

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

  • United States defeats Native American forces

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

  • United states claim Native American lands

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

  • Ohio

    Ohio becomes the seventeenth state

  • The Erie Canal

    The Erie Canal opens

  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War begins.

  • Oil Company of Ohio

    John D. Rockefeller forms the Standard Oil Company of Ohio

  • The Great Migration

    The Great Migration begins.

  • Ohio Civil Rights

    Ohio Civil Rights Act is passed

  • Depression

    The Great Depression begins

  • People Live in Ohio

    More than 11 million people live in Ohio.

  • My Birthday

    I was Born