Editing Cahokia, Illinois (section)

===French and Indian War===
Cahokia declined after the French lost the [[French and Indian War]] in North America to the British in 1763, as part of the broader [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe. Only [[Fort Kaskaskia]] (built 1733) was destroyed in the conflict, and Cahokia remained regionally important for another four decades. In the treaty ending the war, France ceded large parts of what it called the Illinois Country east of the Mississippi River to the British, including the area of Canada. Many French-speaking residents of Cahokia and elsewhere in what had been [[Upper Louisiana]] moved west of the river to territory still controlled by the French rather than live under British rule. Many moved to [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Lower Louisiana]], where they founded new Canadien villages on the west side of the Mississippi River, such as [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri]], and St. Louis.

The [[Odawa people|Odawa]] leader [[Pontiac (person)|Pontiac]] was assassinated by other Indians in or near Cahokia on April 20, 1769.