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Detroit is one of the oldest industrial cities in the USA. It is situated in Michigan, USA on the Detroit river that connects Lake St Clair with Lake Erie. The site was visited by the French in 1669 and Detroit was founded as a fort in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac with fifty French settlers and fifty French soldiers. It fell to the British in 1763, and was besieged by Pontiac; to the United States in 1783. On August 16, 1812, General Hull, with 2000 men, made an inglorious surrender of Detroit to the British and Indians under General Brock and Tecumseh. Hull was cashiered. Harrison retook the town in October 1813, after Perry's victory on lake Erie. From 1805 until 1847 Detroit was the capital of Michigan Territory and State.

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