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Rene-Robert Cavelie Sieur de La Salle, explores the Ohio region for France,
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The French and Indian war end,
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Ohio becomes part of the Northwest Territory,
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Marietta, the first settlement in the Ohio Territory, is founded,
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United States Army defeats Native American forces at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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The Treaty of Greenville gives the United States claim to most Native American lands in the Northwest Territory.
