Kafin 1847, Detroit ya yi yaƙi don kula da Capitol a cikin ikonsa, amma al'ummomi a cikin ɓangaren yammacin jihar da ke girma suna da dalilai da yawa don son motsawa cikin gida, ciki har da buƙatar ƙara karewa ta hanyar motsa gwamnatin jihar daga kan iyakar Kanada zuwa Amurka. An mamaye Detroit a lokacin Yakin 1812, kuma yankin kan iyakar Michigan na ƙasa da mil guda tsakanin Detroit da Windsor, Ontario, a Kogin Detroit ya ci gaba da zama sojojin Biritaniya a duk bankunan biyu. Masu goyon bayan motsawa da babban birnin sun kuma nemi inganta sulhu da tattalin arziki a cikin ciki, da kuma sa gwamnati ta fi dacewa da mutane a duk faɗin jihar. Masu fafatawa da neman sanyawa a matsayin sabon Capitol sun hada da Jackson Artenabor, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, da Shia Township a Shia County.
Shekara ta 1882