Unit 1 Flashcards
What and who called the area around Chicago home before the arrival of the Europeans?
Native Americans lived there before it was just grassland
Where did Chicago get its name?
Wild leek or onions that proliferated in the area gave gave off a distinct smell
Who were the first Europeans to come through Chicago and why did they come?
French explorer joliet and marquette came and took over the area
Who made it possible for Europeans to see Chicago for the first time?
father games marquette and the explorer louis joliet made their way from green bay to explore the west, Illinois indians lead them on a shortcut
What did Jolliet recommend the French government build in Chicago and why?
he recommended the french build a canal would connect the great lakes with the Mississippi, thus insuring French control orer the interior of the continent
Why did the grand plans that Jolliet had for Chicago come to nothing in this early period of
settlement?
Joliet’s plans for a short canal proved optimistic
Despite their loss in the French and Indian (Seven Years War) French culture continued to
dominate in Chicago in 1763. How did American settlers react to this?
the Quebee act and the proclamation act (1768) when created the proclamation designed to keep British Settlers East of the appalachians, exasperates americans. The americans. The americans intrelsts seem frustrated by a distant parliament and imperial bureaucracy.
Who was the first permanent resident of Chicago? What did he do for a living?
point de sable came to chicago to build a home at the rivers mouth
What were some of the things that Point de Sable owned that made him a prominent
resident?
The family had considerable material possessions - several buildings, including a milk house, a chicken house, and a barn that housed thirty head of livestock
What were the two primary reasons Point de Sable decided to leave Chicago?
the treaty of Greenville between the New Americans government and the Indians may had a direct impact on de sable and caused him to leave the area in 1800
Who was the first white “father of Chicago”? Why did early historians elevate him to the
status of Chicago’s symbolic first citizen?
John Kinzie, a white protestant scotsman involved in trade and politics would be a fitting symbol for the new settlement that appeared on the banks of the Chicago River
What did people like Kinzie do to make money in early Chicago?
Kenzie sent trading expedition out from Chicago across the old North-West and obtained the obtained the privilege , in partnership with caption Whistler’s son, of providing supplies to the troops a fort dearborn trading with fur trappers, supplying the soldiers of the fort hiring out men, lending money and even slave trading
What are two examples of Kinzie’s “cut-throat” approach to politics?
- John Kenzie fled but was able to return
- Kinzie and Whistler argued Kinzie’s willingness to trade alcohol to the Indians and then having them removed
- John Kenzie argued with Jean la lime and stabbed him to death
Why was Chicago abandoned between August 15, 1812 and July 1816?
- the destruction of liquor and weapons angered the Indians
- on the morning of August 15 1812, a small band of 55 army regulars, 12 militia, 9 women, and 18 children, loaded into two wagons and left Chicago for Wayne.
After by 1822 what group of people were running Chicago? What groups were rapidly
losing power in the Chicago area?
John Jacob Astor’s American Fur company, the young nation’s first monopoly, dominated the local trade. In 1819 Jean Beaubien came to Chicago from Milwaukee to head it’s local interests. The Indians no longer seemed to present a threat.
