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  Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle, explores the Ohio region for France.
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  The French and Indian War ends.
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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.