what history started in Illinois?

Answer 1

~The Illiniwek (aka Illinois) were there for quite some time before the Frenh found them in the mid 1600's. Related to the Algonquins, they ranged from Illinois and Iowa into parts of Missouri and Arkansas. The few that are left are now known as the Peoria and they have been relegated to reservation lands in Oklahoma. What started their history is the simple fact that they were there. Much like the way any history any place of anybody starts. Duh.

Answer 2

Lincoln started his political career in Illinois. The Great Chicago Fire occurred in the 1800's. Joseph Smith founded the Morman Church in Illinois, before they moved to Utah. George Rogers Clark and his men crossed Illinois by following the Embarras river to attack Fort Vincennes, in Indiana, during the Revolutionary War. And I was born, in Robinson, Illinois.

Answer 3

From: www.museum.state.il.us

"The first Europeans to make their homes in Illinois were French people--eager to earn rich profits through trading with the American Indians, to save Indian souls, and to establish and maintain French claims to this immense and bountiful land. As trading posts, missions, and forts became towns, families built houses and brought French traditions to the Illinois frontier."

Beginning of timeline: 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the Illinois country.
1675 Marquette founded Jesuit mission with Kaskaskia Indians near Starved Rock.

You can see the rest of the timeline at the above quoted website.

See also the biography of Abraham Lincoln at www.whitehouse.gov/history
“[Abraham] Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years."

Answer 4

Huh? What are you talking about? What do you mean, what history started in Illinois? That's a bit broad.