Illinois Country
E196880
Illinois Country was a vast colonial-era region in the Mississippi River Valley that served as a key frontier territory of New France in North America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois Country canonical | 23 |
| Illinois Country (overlapping areas) | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former French colonial territory
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter |
Fort de Chartres
ⓘ
Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ
surface form:
Kaskaskia
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Illinois Territory
ⓘ
surface form:
Pays des Illinois
Pays d’en haut (in some French colonial usage) ⓘ |
| colonialAdministration |
often attached to Louisiana colony
ⓘ
sometimes administered from Canada (Canada colony of New France) ⓘ |
| colonialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ |
| endEvent |
Treaty of Paris (1763)
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Paris 1783
|
| historicalEvent |
ceded to Great Britain in 1763
ⓘ
partly occupied by Virginia during American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| importantSettlement |
Cahokia Mounds region
ⓘ
surface form:
Cahokia
Prairie du Rocher ⓘ Ste. Geneviève ⓘ Vincennes, Indiana ⓘ
surface form:
Vincennes
|
| indigenousInhabitants |
Cahokia Mounds region
ⓘ
surface form:
Cahokia (Illinois subgroup)
Illinois Confederation ⓘ Illiniwek ⓘ
surface form:
Kaskaskia (Illinois subgroup)
Miami people ⓘ Illiniwek ⓘ
surface form:
Michigamea (Illinois subgroup)
Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Peoria (Illinois subgroup)
Shawnee Tribe ⓘ
surface form:
Shawnee people
Illiniwek ⓘ
surface form:
Tamaroa (Illinois subgroup)
|
| laterColonialPower |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi River valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
North America ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Illinois River
ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ Wabash River ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Illinois Confederation
ⓘ
Illinois people ⓘ |
| partOf | New France ⓘ |
| regionIncludes |
present-day Arkansas
ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ present-day Kentucky ⓘ present-day Michigan (southern parts) ⓘ present-day Missouri ⓘ present-day Wisconsin ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startDate | late 17th century ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
frontier buffer between French and British colonies
ⓘ
link between Great Lakes and Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ |
| successorTerritory |
Illinois Territory
ⓘ
Indiana Territory ⓘ Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Illinois Country (overlapping areas)
subject surface form:
Pontiac