Michigan–Ohio War

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The Michigan–Ohio War was a 19th-century boundary dispute between the U.S. states (then territory) of Michigan and Ohio over the Toledo Strip that was resolved without major bloodshed but shaped both states’ borders and Michigan’s path to statehood.

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Michigan–Ohio War canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict in the United States ⓘ
boundary dispute ⓘ
interstate conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Toledo War ⓘ
Toledo War (Michigan–Ohio boundary dispute) ⓘ
linked to: Toledo War
casualties no large-scale battle casualties ⓘ
one non-combat death reported ⓘ
cause ambiguous wording of boundary descriptions ⓘ
competing surveys of the Michigan–Ohio line ⓘ
economic value of Toledo as a port city ⓘ
conflictBetween Michigan Territory ⓘ
State of Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Ohio
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource congressional debates of the 1830s ⓘ
state legislative records of Michigan Territory ⓘ
state legislative records of Ohio ⓘ
endTime 1836 ⓘ
followedBy Michigan statehood in 1837 ⓘ
hasEffect confirmation of Ohio’s northern boundary through Toledo ⓘ
granting of most of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan as compensation ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Phillips Corners ⓘ
Battle of Toledo (standoff) ⓘ
influenced Michigan statehood process ⓘ
final borders of Michigan ⓘ
final borders of Ohio ⓘ
legalBasis Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance

Ohio state constitution of 1802 ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Constitution
location Michigan Territory ⓘ
State of Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Ohio

Toledo Strip ⓘ
mainSubject Michigan–Ohio boundary ⓘ
mediatedBy President Andrew Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Andrew Jackson

United States Congress ⓘ
notableFor being resolved without major bloodshed ⓘ
shaping the modern Michigan–Ohio rivalry ⓘ
partOf history of Michigan ⓘ
history of Ohio ⓘ
history of United States territorial expansion ⓘ
result Michigan admission to the Union as a state ⓘ
Toledo Strip awarded to Ohio ⓘ
Upper Peninsula largely awarded to Michigan ⓘ
significantEvent arrests of surveyors and officials ⓘ
mobilization of Michigan militia ⓘ
mobilization of Ohio militia ⓘ
startTime 1835 ⓘ
temporalContext Jacksonian era ⓘ

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Toledo War → alsoKnownAs → Michigan–Ohio War ⓘ