Under British rule, the Mississippi Territory became known as

After centuries of control by several European powers, the land that would become Mississippi became a part of the United States at the close of the 18th century. For the next twenty years, the Mississippi Territory featured international controversy, the arduous establishment of an American government, a flood of immigration, a bitter war, and a divisive path towards statehood. These events remain significant today for their importance in understanding both the state’s founding and their influence in shaping much of Mississippi’s early development.

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The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. The eastern half was redesignated as the Alabama Territory until it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819.

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