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SOME SUGGESTED CONTEST SUBJECTS

.Fort Dearborn
Fort Dearborn Massacre
Fort Russel, Illinois army headquarters, Edwardsville
The Volunteer Militia
Fort Clark Peoria
Hills Fort Battle, Greenville
Fort Lamotte, Robinson, Illinois
Hutsonville massacre
The illinois river Blockhouse, Grafton, where the war began in Illinois
Illinois forts and blockhousesused during the war of 1812
The northwest Territory during the war of 1812
The Illinois territory during the war of 1812
Russel's US volunteer Rangers
Any of the family forts or blockhouses, who was there
Francis Scott Key and his poem
The attacks on Fort Madison, Fort Harrison, and Fort Wayne how these affected Illinois
The Rock Island Battles
The Peoria Battles
Who were the Indians who were terrorizing Illinois
Hamilton, the hair buyer and his role in the midwest
The life of a child in Illinois in 1814
Heroic women in Illinois during the War of 1812
Churches in Illinois during the War of 1812
Home remedies on the frontier during the War of 1812
Cabin construction on the frontier during the War of 1812
Block house construction
Animals in the lives of frontier settlers
Frontier weapons during the War of 1812
Ninian Edwards, frontier territorial governor
Samuel Whiteside, early Illinois soldier
Thomas Higgins, Indian fighter
Burial grounds of War of 1812 soldiers
Kaskaskia, the territorial capitol
Illinois frontier ministers during the War of 1812
Frontier food during the War of 1812
The Battle of Tippicanoe
The battle of Fallen Timbers, Ohio, opening up the northwest territory for settlers
William Henry Harrison
Tecumseh
Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee prophet
John Reynolds, The Illinois ranger who becomes governor
Jacob Short, Illinois ranger captain
William B. Whiteside, ranger
Potawotami indians, native Illinoisans
All of the tribes in Illinois during the War of 1812
Fort Dearborn
Fort Dearborn Massacre
Great Lakes Battles
Atlantic Coast Battles

illinois war of 1812 bicentennial commission

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