In 1796, under terms negotiated in the 1794 Jay Treaty, Britain withdrew from Michigan and it was adopted into the Northwest Territory.
When Quebec split into Lower and Upper Canada in 1791, Michigan was part of Kent County, Upper Canada. The Quebec Act of 1774 incorporated Michigan into the Province of Quebec. In 1763, Michigan was transferred to Great Britain's Indian Reserve and adopted British buggery statute that mandated a sentence of death for male-male buggery.