The Tiffin Report claimed that this state’s soil was unfit for farming and led Congress to prohibit awarding veterans with its land. This state’s first territorial governor was court-martialed by James Madison for surrendering a fort that was earlier defended by Henry Gladwin. The 1848 Democratic presidential nomination of a senator from this state led an antislavery faction to field Martin Van Buren as the Free Soil party candidate. In 1822, John Jacob Astor moved the headquarters of the American Fur Company to an island in this state that banned cars. Before becoming Secretary of State, Lewis Cass served as a senator from this state. With its southern neighbor, this state fought the Toledo War. For 10 points, name this state whose former territorial capital was at Fort Detroit. ■END■
ANSWER: Michigan [accept Michigan Territory; accept MI] (Mackinac Island bans cars to this day.)
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