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The history of the state of Mississippi extends back to thousands of years of indigenous peoples. Evidence of their cultures has been found largely through archeological excavations, as well as existing remains of earthwork mounds built thousands of years ago.
Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state in 1817 and gets its name from the Mississippi River, which forms its western border. Early inhabitants of the area that became Mississippi...
Statehood and Civil War. The original Mississippi Territory created by the U.S. Congress in 1798 was a strip of land extending about 100 miles (160 km) north to south and from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee on the Georgia border.
Over the preceding century Mississippi was claimed at various times by France, Spain, England, and the United States as well as by the State of Georgia. Each entity passed laws, awarded land grants, and negotiated with Indian residents. Spain and the United States quarreled over boundary lines.
Though brief, Mississippi’s territorial period laid the foundation for the state’s early growth, established slavery as central to the state’s economy, and is crucial to understanding the state’s past.
Mississippi, constituent state of the U.S. Its name derives from a Native American word meaning ‘great waters’ or ‘father of waters,’ which it shares with the Mississippi River, the longest river in the country. Mississippi became the 20th state of the union in 1817. Its capital city is Jackson.
Reconstruction is basically the first decade or so after the Civil War when Mississippi and the nation struggled with economic, social, and political challenges that arose from the military defeat of the South and the end of slavery. In many ways, Reconstruction is an unfinished revolution and an underappreciated period in history. W. E. B.
History. The United States and Spain disputed these lands east of the Mississippi River until Spain relinquished its claim with the Treaty of Madrid, initially signed in 1795 by the two countries' representatives.
Mississippi (/ ˌ m ɪ s ə ˈ s ɪ p i / ⓘ MISS-ə-SIP-ee) [6] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River, or its historical course. [7]
Recorded as a "violent, aggressive" territory in 1817, Mississippi achieved peace post-statehood. Mississippi became a state 34 years after the American Revolutionary War; it was hoped that statehood would bring settlement to the area.