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French-Speakers, American Citizens: Government, Community, and Survival in the American Illinois Country, 1778-1787

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dc.contributor.advisorEnglebert, Robert
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNeufeld, Matthew
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith-Norris, Martha
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHibbert, Neil
dc.contributor.committeeMemberClifford, Jim
dc.creatorCraig, Bronwyn M 1990-
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-30T21:58:45Z
dc.date.available2016-11-30T21:58:45Z
dc.date.created2017-06
dc.date.issued2016-11-30
dc.date.submittedJune 2017
dc.date.updated2016-11-30T21:58:45Z
dc.description.abstractIn less than thirty years, the French-speaking inhabitants of the Illinois Country went from French, and then British colonial subjects, to American citizens. This thesis examines that final regime change and the transition to life under the newly formed America republic. It focuses on the French-speaking residents of two middle Mississippi Valley communities, Kaskaskia and Cahokia, as they adapted first to Virginian and then to American jurisdiction. This study begins with George Rogers Clark’s capture of Kaskaskia on July 4, 1778, the first step toward Virginian possession of the Illinois Country, and concludes in 1787, when a plan for American governance of the West was enacted with the proclamation of the Northwest Ordinance. It contends that from 1778 to 1787, French-speaking inhabitants strategically and actively participated in the changing political climate on the American side of the middle Mississippi Valley.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/7593
dc.subjectIllinois Country
dc.subjectAmerican Revolutionary War
dc.subjectMiddle Mississippi Valley
dc.subjectKaskaskia
dc.subjectCahokia
dc.subjectFrench-Speaking Inhabitants
dc.subjectGeorge Rogers Clark
dc.subjectVirginia
dc.subjectIllinois County
dc.subjectEarly Republic
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectEighteenth-Century
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subjectCourt Systems
dc.subjectCoutume de Paris
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectCatholicism
dc.subjectFrontier
dc.subjectBorderlands
dc.subjectSocial Control
dc.subjectIllinois
dc.subjectAmerican Midwest
dc.subjectStrategic Adaptation
dc.subjectRegime Change
dc.subjectCommunity
dc.subjectInstitutions
dc.titleFrench-Speakers, American Citizens: Government, Community, and Survival in the American Illinois Country, 1778-1787
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentHistory
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewan
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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