President Jackson had signed a bill on…

September 1836 CE

President Jackson had signed a bill on June 15, 1836, that allows Michigan to become a state, but only after it cedes the Toledo Strip.

In exchange for this concession, Michigan is to be granted the western three-quarters of the Upper Peninsula (the easternmost portion had already been included in the state boundaries).

Partly because of pride, and partly because of the perceived worthlessness of the Upper Peninsula's remote wilderness, a special convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan, rejects the offer in September 1836.

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Ann Arbor Washtenaw Michigan United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Ohio, State of (U.S.A.) View → Michigan, Territory of (U.S.A.) View → Indiana, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Party System, Second (United States) View → Jacksonian Democracy (United States) View → Toledo War View →

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