Show T THE HE MICHIGAN AREA Originally settled b by the French r and taken from them by the British the Michigan area became on paper papera paper J 1 i a n part of ot the United States as a result of the War of ot the American Revolution The area did did not actually actu acts ally become a part of ot the United J States until 13 years after the war however when the British finally V V yielded the border pos posts s. s The opening open open- I lug ing of the War of ot 1812 was marked It by the recapture of ot the Michigan area urea by the British by the Americans In 1813 through Oliver Oll Hazard Perrys Perry's victory on Lake Erl Erie and William Henry Harrisons Harrison's successes sue suc on land the territory for tor two decades towa toward d. d state 1 hood r |