Louisiana, Missouri - Wikipedia
Louisiana is a city in Pike County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,364 at the 2010 census. Louisiana is located in northeast Missouri, on the Mississippi River, south of Hannibal. Louisiana is located at the junction of State Route 79 and US 54.
Illinois Country - Wikipedia
The Illinois Country was governed from the French province of Canada until 1717 when, by order of King Louis XV, it was annexed to the French province of Louisiana, becoming known as "Upper Louisiana". [6]
The History of the Illinois Country from 1673-1782.
Jul 12, 2018 · The Illinois Country (1673-1782), sometimes referred to as Upper Louisiana, was the vast region of "New France" (hereinafter called Canada). These names generally referred to the entire Upper Mississippi River watershed.
The Illinois Country - La Grande Louisiane française
In 1717, the Illinois Country became Upper Louisiana having its administrative office at Fort de Chartres situated between Kaskaskia and Cahokia along the King’s Road on the east side of the Mississippi. This huge part of New France is today the Midwest of the United States of America.
Illinois ‑ Chicago, Prohibition & the Great Chicago Fire - HISTORY
Nov 9, 2009 · After Kaskaskia was established in 1703, the colony started trading with Louisiana, and French settlers began arriving from New Orleans. The governance of Illinois passed from Canada to...
Illinois Pictures and Facts - National Geographic Kids
In 1717 Illinois became part of the Louisiana territory, a French colony. But in 1763 at the end of the French and Indian War, the French ceded, or gave up, the region to Britain. After the...
Pays d’Illinois and Pays d’en Haut - 64 Parishes
Mar 1, 2020 · Settlements in today’s Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana anchored the French claim to the vast Upper Louisiana or Illinois Country (Pays d’Illinois), an ill-defined swath of today’s Midwestern United States, and towns and forts speckled on the shores of the Great Lakes formed the center of the Pays d’en Haut, the Upper Country.
French Colonial IL - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
When Illinois Country was reallocated to the administration of Louisiana in 1717, rather than Canada, French traders established a military and administrative post at Fort de Chartres near Kaskaskia. At this point, settlement at Kaskaskia outgrew that of Cahokia.
Size of Louisiana compared to Illinois - MyLifeElsewhere.com
Louisiana is about 1.3 times smaller than Illinois. Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 78.37% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people …
New History of the Illinois Country - JSTOR Daily
Feb 5, 2022 · From Canada to Louisiana, right through the middle of North America, there ran a thin French line, with settlements, missions, and, ultimately, mixed French-native families. Historian Robert Michael Morrissey surveys recent research of …