Illinois campaign

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The Illinois campaign was a Revolutionary War military expedition led by George Rogers Clark that secured the Northwest Territory for the United States by capturing key British-held posts in the Illinois Country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs George Rogers Clark Illinois campaign ⓘ
linked to: George Rogers Clark

Illinois expedition ⓘ
authorizedBy Patrick Henry ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
capturedPlace Cahokia ⓘ
Kaskaskia ⓘ
linked to: Kaskaskia, Illinois

Vincennes ⓘ
linked to: Vincennes, Indiana
commander George Rogers Clark ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryClaimedFor United States ⓘ
endDate 1779 ⓘ
forceType Virginia militia ⓘ
frontier volunteers ⓘ
historicalSignificance expanded U.S. territorial claims west of the Appalachians ⓘ
helped justify American claims to the Northwest Territory in the Treaty of Paris 1783 ⓘ
involvedFort Fort Gage ⓘ
Fort Sackville ⓘ
leader George Rogers Clark ⓘ
location Illinois Country ⓘ
Northwest Territory ⓘ
notableBattle Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
objective to capture British-held posts in the Illinois Country ⓘ
to secure the Northwest Territory for the United States ⓘ
partOf Virginia’s western operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
predecessorPoliticalEntity Province of Quebec ⓘ
relatedTo Cahokia ⓘ
Fort Sackville ⓘ
George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Illinois Country ⓘ
Kaskaskia ⓘ
linked to: Kaskaskia, Illinois

Northwest Territory ⓘ
Vincennes ⓘ
linked to: Vincennes, Indiana
result American victory ⓘ
United States control of much of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
sponsor Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
startDate 1778 ⓘ
strategy alliance with local French inhabitants ⓘ
securing Native American neutrality or support ⓘ
surprise overland march ⓘ
strengthApproximate about 175 men at outset ⓘ
target British military presence in the Illinois Country ⓘ
theater Western theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ

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George Rogers Clark → notableWork → Illinois campaign ⓘ
Hair Buyer Hamilton → capturedDuring → Illinois campaign of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
linked to: Illinois campaign
Fort Sackville, Vincennes → associatedWithCampaign → George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign ⓘ
linked to: Illinois campaign
Battle of Vincennes → precededBy → George Rogers Clark’s 1778 Illinois campaign ⓘ
linked to: Illinois campaign
Capture of Kaskaskia → associatedWith → George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign ⓘ
linked to: Illinois campaign
Siege of Fort Sackville → precededBy → George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign ⓘ
linked to: Illinois campaign
George Rogers Clark → notableFor → Illinois campaign ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Patrick Henry
Fort Patrick Henry → associatedWithEvent → Illinois campaign ⓘ