They were Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
Cahokia was settled in 1699 by French Settlers making it the first Illinois town.
The British acquired Illinois is 1763 as a result of the French and Indian Wars.
The largest city in Illinois is Chicago
(population apprx 2.8 million people)
Aurora has apprx 168 thousand.
Other well populated Illinois cities include;
Rockford 153,000
Naperville 142,000
Joliet 136,000
and Springfield 116,000.
There are 102 counties in Illinois with a total square mile footage of 55,584.
The geographic center is in Logan county.
Illinois is the 5th most populated state in the nation.
51% of it's residents are female while 49% are male.
73.5% are white, 15.1% are black, .2% are American Indian,
3.4% are Asian ans 12.3% are Hispanic.
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment.
This was the amendment that abolished slavery.
Illinois is the home to the first McDonald's,
Metropolis- home to Superman, the world's largest public library,
and home of the first modern internet browser (Mosaic).
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