Minnesota
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

New York
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

Great Lakes region
narrower: Wisconsin
narrower: Ohio
narrower: Indiana
narrower: New York
narrower: Pennsylvania
narrower: Michigan
narrower: Illinois
narrower: Minnesota
type: Concept
definition: The five Great Lakes states—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin—have their origins in the western lands ceded by Great Britain to the United States at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. Anticipating rapid, large-scale migration into what became known as the Northwest Territories (and later, the Old Northwest), the U.S. Congress enacted a series of ordinances to control settlement. [Source: Encyclopedia of Religion in America; Great Lakes Region]
broader: United States

Michigan
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

Illinois
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

United States
type: Concept
narrower: Great Lakes region

Indiana
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Great Lakes region

Wisconsin
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

Ohio
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region

Pennsylvania
type: Concept
broader: Great Lakes region