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Before there were Americans there was an Indian tribe known as the Illinois. During the 1700s and early 1800s, the territory of the Illinois Indians shrank and the Miami tribe moved eastward. Other tribes then moved into Illinois to take over land formerly occupied by the Illinois and Miami.

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The Illinois flag was adopted in 1915 after a campaign to have an official state flag  The design of the flag was made from Lucy Derwent because she won a designing competition, her flag design was chosen to be the official state flag.

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The prairie state. Illinois sometimes gets called the prairie state because Illinois has a lot of grasslands and has lots of prairies.

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Illinois at first was called the   Illinois territory. in 1818 Illinois sent petition to be part united state union.

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The bird is the cardinal. It was voted the state bird by school children in 1929.

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The state animal is the White tailed deer, voted by school children

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The states tree is a white oak tree because there was a pole where 900,000 schoolchildren chose that as the state tree.

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Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield, Illinois in 1830.

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Illinois state capital is Springfield. Springfield is located in the south-central. Springfield is imported because Springfield has the longest railroad city

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Illinois wasn't always an American state, it was originally an Indian tribe land. The Indian tribe was called the "Illinois". The Illinois sold their land to the Americans, then it became Dec 3 1818.

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The state pie is a Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin pie was designated as the official state pie of Illinois in 2015 (Illinois also recognizes a state fruit, state vegetable, and a state snack food)