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Illinois First People T-Chart

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  • Built large dirt mounds.
    Native Americans
  • Planned to convert people to Christianity.
    European Settlers
  • Came from New France in the 1600s.
    European Settlers (French)
  • 12 Illinois tribes including: Kickapoo, Sauk, Potawatomi, Winnebago, and Fox tribes
    Native Americans
  • Arrived close to 12,000 years ago.
    Native Americans
  • Made alliances with the Illiniwek Confederacy.
    European Settlers (French)
  • Excellent hunters and fighters. Had to prove themselves before marriage.
    Native Americans
  • Drew up maps of the region after travelling to present-day Illinois in 1673.
    European Settlers
  • Explored Lake Michigan, Green Bay, and the Mississippi River
    European Settlers
  • Claimed Louisiana land, including present-day Illinois for France
    European Settlers (French)
  • Built fur trading posts and forts along the Illinois River and near present day Peoria.
    European Settlers (French)
  • Crossed the Bering land Bridge thousands of years ago
    Native Americans
  • Built Missions to help claim present-day Illinois for France.
    European Settlers (French)
  • Created Monk Mound in present day Cahokia.
    Native Americans
  • Thousands died of disease, warfare, and starvation.
    Native Americans
  • Created fur trading businesses that had high profits.
    European Settlers (French specifically)
  • Moved from place to place as the seasons changed.
    Native Americans
  • Left little to no written records, but are studied through pottery, bones, spears, and more.
    Native Americans
  • Followed bison and mammoths across Illinois as hunters and gatherers
    Native Americans
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