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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.
On December 10, 1817, the western portion of Mississippi Territory became the State of Mississippi, the 20th state of the Union. Natchez , long established as a major river port, was the first state capital.
By 1813, the Mississippi Territory encompassed the boundaries of present-day Alabama and Mississippi. Government for this new territory was patterned after the 1787 Northwest Ordinance, which established a governor, secretary, and three judges to serve as a ruling council.
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. The territory was increased in 1804 and 1812 to reach from Tennessee to the Gulf of Mexico.
9. Nov. 2009 · Despite the abolition of slavery, racial discrimination endured in Mississippi, and the state was a battleground of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-20th century. In the early 21st century ...
The Mississippi country was opened to settlement in 1798 when Congress organized the Mississippi Territory. (Until it became a separate territory in 1817, Alabama was part of Mississippi.) A few settlers already lived in Mississippi when it became a territory.
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. The territory was increased in 1804 and 1812 to reach…
