UNTED STATES TAKES POSESSION

OTHER PLACES GROW FASTER

• The Cumberland gap and Ohio river were both on the border of Kentucky.
• Because of this, more people moved into kentucky
• Became a state in 1792, Ohio followed as a territory in 1803.

IN DETROIT- 1800

• Detroit was allowed village government in 1802.
• Made up of five officials
• First act was a fire code
• Everyone was not always prepared
• Police report said hogs also ran in the streets daily.

BIRTH OF THE MICHIGAN TERRITORY

• Started as a combined territory with Indiana.
• Became a territory in 1805 because the capital of the Indiana territory was too far away.
• Had a governor, secretary, and three judges.
• At this time, Michigan only had part of the upper peninsula.

DISASTER AT DETROIT

• June 11th, 1805, Detroit burned down.
• Fire started by ashes falling from a pipe.
• The wind helped spread the fire house to house, there was not enough water to quell the fire.
• No lives were lost and the town burned in three hours.
• "We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes " became the motto for Detroit.