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State and Local Government
An Introduction
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Michigan History
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Native Americans
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Huron
Ojibway (Chippewa)
Odawa (Ottawa)
Potawatomi
Hopewell
1622 – first explorers, Brule and
Grenoble
Michigan History
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1701 – Fort Ponchartrain du De Troit
founded by Antoine de la Mothe
Cadillac
1760-1796 Michigan under British
control
1835 – Constitution drafted
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Toledo Strip/Upper Peninsula
1837 – Michigan became 26th State
Michigan Resources
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Mining
Logging
Agriculture
Manufacturing
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Shipbuilding
Railroad cars
CARS!!
Cereal
Michigan Legislature
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Michigan Senate
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38 Senators
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Hartland Township – 22nd District
Republicans hold majority
Michigan House of Representatives
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110 Representatives
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Hartland Township – 47th District
Republicans hold majority
Michigan Legislature
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83 counties
Total population: 10,079,985
US Senate – 2
US House of Representatives – 14
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Livingston County
Conway
Cohoctah
Deerfield
Tyrone
Handy
Howell
Oceola
Hartland
Iosco
Marion
Genoa
Brighton
Unadilla
Putnam
Hamburg
Green
Oak
Livingston County History
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Established as county in 1833
Named for Edward Livingston,
Secretary of State for Andrew Jackson
Livingston Center (Howell) between
Lansing and Detroit
Hartland History
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1832 - first land patents issued for
area
1837 first meeting to form Hartland
Township
1838: 404 people in township
Crouse families
2010: 15,000 people
Answer the questions…
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Who were the first explorers in Michigan?
Brule and Grenoble
Michigan is the ______th state?
26
Who founded Detroit?
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Name three of the five groups of Native
Americans to live in the Great Lakes
Hopewell, Ojibway (Chippewa), Odawa
(Ottawa), Potawatomi, Huron
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Who is Livingston County named for?
Jackson’s Secretary of State, Ed. Livingston
When was Hartland established?
1837
What does Cromaine stand for?
Crouse and Tremaine
How many people lived in Hartland in 2010?
15,000
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Where is the state capital?
Lansing
Who is the Governor?
Rick Snyder
Who is the state Senator?
Joe Hune
Who is the state Representative for HHS?
Hank Vaupel
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In what township is Hartland High
School?
Hartland
What are the branches of state
government?
Executive (Governor)
Legislative (State Legislature)
Judiciary (State Supreme Court)