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In eastern Ohio, the Iriquois Indians exterminated the Erie Indians before the arrival of Europeans. Other Native American tribes that became prominent in Ohio were the Miami, the Shawnee, and the Ottawa.

European rivalry over the Ohio River led to the outbreak of the last of the French and Indian Wars in 1754. This was followed by Pontiac's Rebellion of 1763. Native American resistance continued after Chief Pontiac was killed, but they were decisively defeated in the battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. By the Treaty of Greene Ville, the Indians ceded southern and eastern Ohio to settlers. In 1794, Great Britain and the United States signed the "Jay Treaty," an agreement to allow Canadian born Native Americans to travel freely across the U.S./Canadian border. Under the terms of Jay's Treaty, the British withdrew their outposts from the Northwest in 1796, and the area was pacified.

The 1st Europeans was La Salle who explored the Ohio valley in 1669, claiming the entire area for France. The Ohio River was heavily traveled by fur traders and land seekers. Rivalry between France and Britain for control of the forks of the Ohio River led to the outbreak of the last of the French and Indian Wars in 1754. In 1764, the British government issued a proclamation forbidding settlement west of the Appalachians. In 1774, the Quebec Act placed the region between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes within the boundaries of Canada. These acts fueled the resentment of British rule that led to the American Revolution, during which military operations were conducted in the Ohio country.

The French and the British fought over what is now Ohio before it belonged to the United States.

Ohio was part of the vast area ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia later relinquished claims to land in the area. Ohio was part of the Old Northwest created by the Ordinance of 1787. The Northwest Territory (Not part of Canada's territory having the same name) later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and part of Minnesota.

Ohio was part of the (USA) Northwest Territory until statehood.

Ohio became the 17th Sate to Unite under America on March 1, 1803.