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[[File:Disputed Toledo Strip.png|thumb|left|400px|Disputed Toledo Strip claimed by Ohio and Michigan]]

[[File:Disputed Toledo Strip.png|thumb|left|400px|Disputed Toledo Strip claimed by Ohio and Michigan]]

At the time, the Toledo Strip was thought to have great value because there were several proposals to build canals to link the Mississippi River to Lake Erie.  Ohio wanted to benefit from the resulting economic development just as Buffalo, New York was benefiting from being the western terminus of the recently-opened [[Erie Canal]].

At the time, the Toledo Strip was thought to have great value because there were several proposals to build canals to link the Mississippi River to Lake Erie.  Ohio wanted to benefit from the resulting economic development just as Buffalo, New York was benefiting from being the western terminus of the recently opened [[Erie Canal]].

From 1816 to 1835, Michigan set up local governments, built roads, and collected taxes throughout the Toledo Strip.  When Michigan sought to hold a state constitutional convention in 1833, Congress rejected the request because of the still disputed Toledo Strip.  The Ohio Congressional delegation was active in blocking Michigan from attaining statehood, lobbying other states to vote against Michigan. Michigan forced the issue by calling a Constitutional convention in 1835 without the approval of Congress.  In February 1835, Ohio passed legislation that set up county governments in the Strip.  In response, Michigan passed the Pains and Penalties Act making it a criminal offense for Ohioans to carry out governmental actions in the Strip, under penalty of a [[Fine (penalty)|fine]] up to $1,000, up to five years [[prison|imprisonment]] at [[hard labor]], or both.  The Governors of Michigan and Ohio then sent their militias into the Toledo Strip.  President [[Andrew Jackson]] sent mediators to work out a compromise, and both sides appeared to agree to allow the residents of the Toledo Strip choose between Michigan or Ohio to govern them until Congress could act on the issue. Ohio removed its militia and conducted an election.  Michigan sheriffs arrested two Ohioans on the grounds that they had violated the Pains and Penalties Act by voting in the election.  Ohio Governor Lucas sent out a survey team to mark the Harris line, but the Michigan militia attacked the surveyors at the Battle of Phillips Corners. Ohio responded by calling a special session of its legislature that voted additional funds for its militia and established a county court of common pleas in Toledo.  The Michigan militia sent  1,000 troops to Toledo to prevent the first session of that court from being held.  However, the judges held a midnight session of the court and quickly retreated south to the position of the Ohio forces.

From 1816 to 1835, Michigan set up local governments, built roads, and collected taxes throughout the Toledo Strip.  When Michigan sought to hold a state constitutional convention in 1833, Congress rejected the request because of the still disputed Toledo Strip.  The Ohio Congressional delegation was active in blocking Michigan from attaining statehood, lobbying other states to vote against Michigan. Michigan forced the issue by calling a Constitutional convention in 1835 without the approval of Congress.  In February 1835, Ohio passed legislation that set up county governments in the Strip.  In response, Michigan passed the Pains and Penalties Act making it a criminal offense for Ohioans to carry out governmental actions in the Strip, under penalty of a [[Fine (penalty)|fine]] up to $1,000, up to five years [[prison|imprisonment]] at [[hard labor]], or both.  The Governors of Michigan and Ohio then sent their militias into the Toledo Strip.  President [[Andrew Jackson]] sent mediators to work out a compromise, and both sides appeared to agree to allow the residents of the Toledo Strip choose between Michigan or Ohio to govern them until Congress could act on the issue. Ohio removed its militia and conducted an election.  Michigan sheriffs arrested two Ohioans on the grounds that they had violated the Pains and Penalties Act by voting in the election.  Ohio Governor Lucas sent out a survey team to mark the Harris line, but the Michigan militia attacked the surveyors at the Battle of Phillips Corners. Ohio responded by calling a special session of its legislature that voted additional funds for its militia and established a county court of common pleas in Toledo.  The Michigan militia sent  1,000 troops to Toledo to prevent the first session of that court from being held.  However, the judges held a midnight session of the court and quickly retreated south to the position of the Ohio forces.

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[[Category: Michigan]]

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