1. History of Detroit

    Aspect of US history

    Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and immigration, it became a world-class industrial powerhouse and the fourth-largest city in the United States. It held that standing through the mid-20th century. The first Europeans to settle in Detroit were French country traders and colonists from the New Orleans colony. They were joined by traders from Montreal and Quebec; all had to contend with the powerful Five Nations of the League of the Iroquois, who took control of the southern shores of Lakes Erie and Huron through the Beaver Wars of the 17th century. Also present and powerful, but further to the north, were the Council of Three Fires. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists.It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and immigration, it became a world-class industrial ...
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Detroit (/ d ɪ ˈ t r ɔɪ t / ⓘ dih-TROYT, locally also / ˈ d iː t r ɔɪ t / DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County.Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States. The Metro Detroit area, home to 5. ...
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. [3]The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Beau du Douit, Les Noës du Fay and Le Détroit. [4]The commune has six streams running through it The Val la Here, La Boullonniere, The Val d'Anis and The Val Corbel.
  5. detroithistorical.org

    1749: Detroit's population is about 900. The Governor of New France offers animals and farm equipment to Frenchmen who settle in the area. Only 46 accept his offer. 1751: The French operate seven forts within Michigan to protect their fur trade in the region. 1751: Detroit's population is 483, including 33 enslaved Native and African Americans.
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    Détroit is a French musical duo formed in 2012 by French rock musician Bertrand Cantat and French bass player Pascal Humbert.Pascal Humbert was part of the rock formation Passion Fodder from 1985 to 1991 before they split up and Cantat established his own famous band Noir Désir, whereas Humbert went on to join the American band 16 Horsepower, and later to Lilium and Wovenhand, amongst others.
  7. France would lose the war, but in the first years of the conflict French Canada fared well and French-allied Indians continued to use Detroit as a supply and staging area. In 1757 the situation in the Northwest so favored the French that several of England's Indian allies, believing the British cause was lost, assembled at Detroit to make their ...
  8. visitdetroit.com

    The original French fortification, Fort Pontchartrain, was erected as part of the efforts to create the "Paris of New France." Detroit was chosen for its strategic and economic benefits of being located right on the river as a French Trading Post. French influences diminished after the French and Indian War, and the British took over ...
  9. historydetroit.com

    French Detroit 1701-1760. In 1697, French trading posts in New France were suffering. A 10-year overstock in beaver pelts was having a disastrous effect on the economy. Jesuit missionaries were outraged at the practice of trading brandy to Native Americans. The court in France decided to close and abandon all but four western posts.
  10. michiganpublic.org

    Just look at the history of Detroit and you can see that there are good reasons to link Detroit and France. The city's early settlers were, by and large, French and French Canadian. But unlike, say, Quebec, Montreal, or New Orleans, there is no special "French feel" to Detroit beyond some French street names.
  11. detroithistorical.org

    The site that was to become the city of Detroit was established on July 24, 1701 by Antoine de la mothe Cadillac, a French military leader and trader. Cadillac had traveled widely in New France and the western Great Lakes and was the commander of Fort Michilimackinac at the junction of Lakes Huron and Michigan. In 1698, Cadillac returned to France to petition King Louis XIV
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