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2. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable - Wikipedia

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   2. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable [n 1]; before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]

3. History of banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1791, Congress chartered the First Bank of the United States. The bank, which was jointly owned by the federal government and private stockholders, was a nationwide commercial bank which served as the bank for the federal government and operated as a regular commercial bank acting in competition with state banks.

4. History of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago has played a central role in American economic, cultural and political history. Since the 1850s Chicago has been one of the dominant metropolises in the Midwestern United States, and has been the largest city in the Midwest since the 1880 census. The area's recorded history begins with the arrival of French explorers, missionaries and ...

5. BMO Bank - Wikipedia

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   BMO Bank, N.A. (colloquially BMO; US: / b iː m oʊ /) is an American national bank that is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.It is the U.S. subsidiary of the Toronto-based multinational investment bank and financial services company Bank of Montreal, which owns it through the holding company BMO Financial Corporation (formerly Bankmont Financial Corporation, then Harris Financial Corporation).

6. Palestinian Americans - Wikipedia

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   Palestinian Americans ( Arabic: فلسطينيو أمريكا, romanized : Filasṭīnīyū Amrīkā) are Americans who are of full or partial Palestinian descent. It is unclear when the first Palestinian immigrants arrived in the United States, but it is believed that they arrived during the early 1900s. Numbering 170,000 individuals, the ...

7. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago metropolitan area represents about 3 percent of the entire US population. Chicagoland has one of the world's largest and most diversified economies. With more than six million full and part-time employees, the Chicago metropolitan area is a key factor of the Illinois economy, as the state has an annual GDP of over $1 trillion.