Detroit, Michigan Territory

E719198

frontier settlement historic city military post

Detroit, Michigan Territory was a key early 19th-century American frontier city and military post on the Great Lakes, central to trade and conflict between the United States and British Canada.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Detroit, Michigan Territory, United States	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	frontier settlement ⓘ historic city ⓘ military post ⓘ
associatedWith	Great Lakes frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.–British Canadian relations ⓘ early American westward expansion ⓘ
borderFunction	customs and trade control point ⓘ gateway between United States and British Canada ⓘ
capturedBy	British forces in 1812 ⓘ
connectedBy	Great Lakes shipping routes ⓘ overland routes into the interior of Michigan Territory ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
economicActivity	frontier commerce ⓘ fur trading ⓘ transport services on the Great Lakes ⓘ
garrisonedBy	British Army during occupation ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	governor of Michigan Territory ⓘ
historicalEra	War of 1812 era NERFINISHED ⓘ post-Revolutionary United States expansion era ⓘ
involvedInConflict	U.S.–British border tensions ⓘ U.S.–Native American conflicts in the Old Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Michigan Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
locatedNear	British Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Detroit River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOpposite	Sandwich, Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringPoliticalEntity	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Northwest frontier of the United States ⓘ Old Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
recapturedBy	United States forces in 1813 ⓘ
role	Great Lakes trading center ⓘ border outpost ⓘ frontier city ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ
servedAs	capital of Michigan Territory ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Great Lakes transportation routes ⓘ control of fur trade ⓘ defense of the northwest frontier ⓘ
surrenderedBy	William Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeAsTerritorialCapitalEnd	1837 ⓘ
timeAsTerritorialCapitalStart	1805 ⓘ
usedFor	cross-border trade with Canada ⓘ fur trade operations ⓘ military staging area ⓘ supply depot ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America) → locatedNear → Detroit, Michigan Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Amherstburg, Upper Canada

Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America) → locatedOpposite → Detroit, Michigan Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Amherstburg, Upper Canada

Alexander Macomb → placeOfBirth → Detroit, Michigan Territory ⓘ

Henry Hastings Sibley → placeOfBirth → Detroit, Michigan Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detroit, Michigan Territory, United States