Episode 5 of 5
U.S. Takes Possession of Detroit
- When
- 1796
- Where
- Detroit
British forces fully withdrew in 1796, and the United States took possession of Detroit under the Jay Treaty.
In 1796, following the negotiations and ratification of the Jay Treaty of 1794, British forces fully withdrew from the disputed border area. The United States thereby took possession of Detroit, implementing the cession made under the 1783 Treaty of Paris and ending more than a decade of continued British military presence. A legacy record places the transfer on July 11, 1796, but no supplied passage corroborates the month or day.
Sources
- Detroit Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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