Territory
The year was the Mississippi Territory created
What is 1798?
This was one of the main transportation routes into Mississippi Territory
What is the Mississippi River?
This major land acquisition doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This is the year Mississippi became a state
What is 1817?
This town was originally named the capital of Mississippi Territory
What is Natchez?
This trail was originally used as a gaming trail for Native tribes but eventually used to transport goods and mail.
What is Natchez Trace?
This was the cost of the purchase of land from France.
What is $15 million?
Mississippi became this number to join the Unites States.
What is 20th?
This town became the territorial capital in 1802
What is Washington?
This was used to carry goods down the Mississippi River
What is flatboat?
This Native American leader tried to unite Native American nations against the United States.
Who is Tecumseh?
After becoming a state, this city became Mississippi's first state capital.
What is Natchez?
This first state funded institution of higher learner in Mississippi.
What is Jefferson College?
This eventually replaced flatboats on the Mississippi River and made travel upstream possible.
What is a steamboat?
This fort was attacked by Creek warriors in 1813.
What is Fort Mims
This document established Mississippi's first state government.
What is the Constitution of 1817?
This document became the foundation for Mississippi's first government
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This was the other name for the Natchez Trace due to the difficult and dangerous conditions?
What is the Devil's Backbone?
This battle in 1814 did Andrew Jackson win against the Creek Nation
What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
This is the date Mississippi officially became a state
December 10, 1817