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On December 3, 1818,

Illinois was the 21'st state to be adopted to the United States of America, to the United States of America, ceded to Britain once the French and Indian war ended, but after the Revolutionary war, Illinois was turned into territory, to the United states.

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The Illinois state flag was adopted July 6, 1915 after a vigorous campaign, it was designed by a lady named Miss Lucy Derwent. Later on in the 1960's, Chief Petty Officer Bruce McDaniel recognized that several people he served with during the Vietnam War didn't recognized the banner, he petitioned to add the name of state to the flag, later on the new flag was named the official state flag on July 1, 1970.

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They're are some real interesting facts about illinois such as we became apart of the nation in 1818 or that we were the 21st state to join the nation. There are way better facts about Illinois that you need to know like, Chicago  is the second most visited state in America, it has a population of 2.705 million people. The area of Chicago is 234 miles. Illinois is also the 25th biggest state in America

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In the state of Illinois we are known for a lot of things such as plants and animals, one of the plants we are known for is the flower violets, one of the animals we are known for are, cardinals. we are known for these because we have a lot of them around in the state Illinois.

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There has been a few presidents who have lived in Illinois but what president we are most known for is president Abraham Lincoln. The other presidents were Ronald Reagan,  Barak Obama, Ulysses S. Grant.

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The nickname for Illinois Prairie State is/was used because Illinois has an abundance of Prairie Grasses this nickname dates back to (1842)

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Raja Krishnamoorthi is an Illinois representative for District 8. He was born in July 19, 1973. He went to Harvard Law School, and Princeton University. He is an American Businessman, a politician for Illinois, and a public servant.

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This tribe was a group of 12 to 13 people. They were In the upper Mississippi River Valley of North America. They original name for themselves is the Illiweck which means The best people.

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The capital of Illinois is Springfield. Springfield was the third choice and they stuck with it sicnce 1819-1839 it is now chosen to be Illinois capital forever.