[DOC] [TLE] The Founding of Detroit | History Today [PAR] The motor capital of North America was founded by a man named Cadillac, 
menaced by ... America's "motor city" was founded on July 24th, 1701. The Siege 
of the Fort at Detroit, depiction of the 1763 Siege of Fort Detroit by Frederic 
Remington. ... A French settler with a promising future ahead of him was Antoine 
Laumet de... [DOC] [TLE] Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac - Wikipedia [PAR] Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac usually referred to as Antoine de 
la Mothe Cadillac (aka de la Motte), was a French explorer ... In 1701, he founded 
Fort Pontchartrain du Dtroit, the beginnings of modern Detroit, which he ..... 
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was honored with a 3-cent stamp on July 24, 1951,
... [DOC] [TLE] Detroit History Under French Rule - 1701-1760 [PAR] Learn about what the Detroit under French rule (1701-1760). ... At the time of the 
closures, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was commandant of Fort de Buade. ... that 
a post in the Detroit River was to be established and that Cadillac was to be the ... 
The following day, July 24, 1701, Cadillac's party traveled north on the Detroit... [DOC] [TLE] July 24, 1701: Cadillac lands - The Night Train [PAR] Jul 24, 2012 ... Detroiters like to begin this story on July 24, 1701, on the rough, weedy ... 
Cadillac claims La ville de troit  city on the straits  for the glory of God and King 
Louis XIV. ... French empire founded New Orleans, the continent had Detroit. .... 
related to the people and events at Fort Pontchartrain as well as the... [DOC] [TLE] France's Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the city of Detroit by ... [PAR] France's Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the city of Detroit by setting up a 
... On this day July 24th, in 1701, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, 
... business at the time, and guarded by a fort because of the on-and-off warring... [DOC] [TLE] Founding of Detroit - Geni [PAR] America's "motor city" was founded on July 24th, 1701. ... The city name comes 
from the Detroit River (French: le dtroit du Lac rie), meaning ... Paris approved 
and in 1701 Cadillac led a party of 100 Frenchmen to establish a post called Fort
... [DOC] [TLE] French Detroit (1700-1760) | Detroit Historical Society [PAR] 1701: July 24. Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac establishes a settlement at Detroit. 
... They build Fort Pontchartrain du dtroit from logs. The goal is to protect the 
French fur trade in the Great Lakes from the English and Iroquois.1701: Fall and... [DOC] [TLE] The History of Genesee, MI, Ch. 1, Rival Centers of Interest [PAR] From the time Marquette founded the mission at St. Ignace, in 1671, this ... he 
fitted out an expedition to Detroit, where he arrived on July 24, 1701. A fort was 
built and appropriately named in honor of the French minister, ... In a little volume 
entitled "Cadillac's Village," Mr. C. M. Burton, of Detroit, historiographer of that city
,... [DOC] [TLE] Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] The French government named Cadillac a captain in the Marines and naval 
ensign in April of ... the fort at Michilimackinac, located at what is now Mackinac 
City, Michigan. ... This had been planned before, but the explorer Duluth instead 
founded a ... On July 24, 1701, they disembarked at the narrowest point in the 
Detroit... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit - Clio [PAR] Jul 28, 2016 ... On July 24, 1701, Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac landed near this site along ... The 
fort would see many decades of skirmishes between the French, ... Fort 
Pontchartrain du Detroit was established in 1701 by Antoine de Lamothe 
Cadillac. ... that overtook the city, leveling every building except Fort Lernoult,... [DOC] [TLE] Antoine Laumet dit de Lamothe Cadillac 1694

Question: On July 24, 1701 this city was founded as a French fort by Cadillac
Answer: Detroit