Spanish Illinois

E945476

Spanish Illinois was a colonial-era territory in the Mississippi Valley administered by Spain after the Seven Years’ War, encompassing parts of what is now the Midwestern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spanish Illinois canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial possession
former territory
historical region
acquiredFrom France
acquisitionTreaty Treaty of Paris (1763)
administeredBy Spain
afterConflict Seven Years' War
borders Mississippi River
Ohio River
capital St. Louis
linked to: Saint Louis City
cededBy Spain
cededTo France
cessionTreaty Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800)
colonialPowerPredecessor Kingdom of France
country Spanish Empire
economyBasedOn agriculture
fur trade
lead mining
governedAsPartOf Spanish Louisiana
includesPartsOfPresentDay Arkansas
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
languageUsedInAdministration French
Spanish
laterTransferredTo United States via Louisiana Purchase
locatedIn Mississippi Valley
linked to: Mississippi River

North America
locatedInPresentDay Midwestern United States
United States
majorSettlement Cahokia
Kaskaskia
linked to: Kaskaskia, Illinois

Prairie du Rocher
St. Louis
linked to: Saint Louis City

Ste. Genevieve
linked to: Ste. Geneviève
partOf Upper Louisiana
partOfColonialSystem Spanish borderlands
populationIncluded French settlers
Indigenous peoples
Spanish officials
enslaved Africans
relatedTo Illinois Country
religion Roman Catholicism
strategicRole control of Mississippi River trade
successorTerritory United States
timePeriod late 18th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crown of Spain hasPart Spanish Illinois