Category:Ohio

Ohio is a current US state. Its name comes from the Iroquois word ohi-yo, meaning "great river" or "large creek". It was first colonised by France and later possessed by Great Britain after the French and Indian War (the Seven Years in Europe). After the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Great Britain agreed to give up Ohio to the US as the Northwestern Territory as of 1787. It later became a state March 1, 1803 after Thomas Jefferson signed an act of congress. The state fought with the State of Michigan for claims of the Toledo Strip in 1830, and in exchange for Michigan to give up the Toledo Strip, the state was given two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula, as well as the eastern third that was considered part of the state.