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Illinois:

French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, in 1673, were the first Europeans of record to visit the region. In 1699 French settlers established the first permanent settlement at Cahokia, near present-day East St. Louis. Great Britain obtained the region at the end of the French and Indian Wars in 1763. The area figured prominently in frontier struggles during the Revolutionary War and in Indian wars during the early 19th century.

Significant episodes in the state's early history include the influx of settlers following the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825; the Black Hawk War, which virtually ended the Indian troubles in the area; and the rise of Abraham Lincoln from farm laborer to president.

Today, Illinois stands high in manufacturing, coal mining, agriculture, and oil production. The state's manufactures include food and agricultural products, transportation equipment, chemicals, industrial machinery, and computer equipment. The sprawling Chicago district (including a slice of Indiana) is a great iron and steel producer, meat packer, grain exchange, and railroad center. Chicago is also famous as a Great Lakes port.

Illinois is a leading producer of soybeans, corn, and hogs. Other agricultural commodities include cattle, wheat, oats, sorghum, and hay.

Central Illinois is noted for shrines and memorials associated with the life of Abraham Lincoln. In Springfield are the Lincoln Home, the Lincoln Tomb, and the restored Old State Capitol. Other points of interest are the home of Mormon leader Joseph Smith in Nauvoo and, in Chicago: the Art Institute, Field Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Merchandise Mart, and Chicago Portage National Historic Site

Illinois

The flag was adopted in 1915, and features elements of the official state seal, including a bald eagle and the Stars and Stripes shield.

Official name: Illinois
Capital: Springfield
Statehood: Dec. 3, 1818 the 21st state
State nickname: The Prairie State
Name for residents: Illinoisans
State motto State: sovereignty-national union
Abbreviation: IL

Illinois's Historical Event's:

1050-1250 Peoples of the Mississippian culture inhabit the Illinois area.
1673 Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette enter the Illinois country.
1680 René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, establishes Fort Crèvecoeur on the Illinois River.
1682 La Salle and Henri de Tonty finish building Fort Saint Louis at Starved Rock.
1699 Cahokia, the first permanent white settlement in the Illinois country, is founded.
1717 Illinois becomes part of New France.
1717 John Law organizes the Mississippi Scheme, a land investment plan in Louisiana colony.
1720 The Mississippi Scheme collapses.
1720 The first black slaves are brought to Illinois by the French.
1720 The French complete Fort de Chartres on the Mississippi River.
1763 The Illinois country comes under British rule, but hostilities with Native Americans prevent the British from taking direct control until 1765.
1778 George Rogers Clark captures British-held Kaskaskia during the American Revolution.
1800 Illinois is included in the Indiana Territory.
1809 The Illinois Territory is organized.
1812 Potawatomi kill United States soldiers and civilians at Fort Dearborn.
1818 Illinois enters the Union as the 21st state (December 3).
1832 The Black Hawk War is fought.
1837 Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy is killed.
1839 The Mormon town of Nauvoo is founded.
1839 Springfield becomes the state capital.
1844 A mob kills Joseph Smith, the leader of the Mormons, in Carthage.
1848 The Illinois and Michigan Canal is completed.
1858 Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas.
1871 The Chicago fire destroys much of the city.
1886 The Haymarket Riot occurs in Chicago.
1894 The Pullman strike leads to federal intervention.
1919 Race riots break out in Chicago.
1929 The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre occurs in Chicago.
1933 The Century of Progress Exposition is held in Chicago.
1937 New oil fields are discovered in southern Illinois.
1970 A new state constitution is adopted.
1979 Jane Byrne becomes mayor of Chicago; she is the first woman to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city.
1983 Harold Washington becomes the first black mayor of Chicago.
1992 Carol Moseley-Braun becomes the first black woman to be elected a U.S. senator.

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