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1680 - Father
Louis Hennepin (1626-1705), the Flemish Recollect friar and
explorer,
sees the Falls of St. Anthony, future site of Minneapolis
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1682 - French
explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687)
navigates the Mississippi River to its mouth and claims it for
France
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1699 - Pierre Le
Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661 - 1706) and his brother Jean
Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur D'Bienville (1680–1768), establish
the first capital of the French colonies
Facts about the
History of Mississippi History - 1700's
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1700s - French fur
trading era begins
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1729 - French
settlers at Fort Rosalie are massacred by Natchez Indians
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1732 - The French
retaliate for the massacre at Fort Rosalie decimating the
Natchez Indians
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1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba
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1775 - 1783 - The
American Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes and total
power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies
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July 4, 1776 -
United States Declaration of Independence
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July 10, 1778 -
France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with
the American revolutionary forces
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1779 - Bernardo
Galvez (1746-1786) captures Natchez but the area is reclaimed
by America
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September 3, 1783
- The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United
States and the defeated Great Britain
Facts about
the History of Mississippi History - The Early 1800's
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The Native Indians
of Mississippi were the Biloxi, Capinans, Chakchiuma,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Choula, Dakota, Grigra, Houma, Ibitoupa,
Koroa, Moctobi, Natchez, Ofo, Okelousa, Pascagoula, Pensacola,
Quapaw, Taposa, Tiou, Tunica and Yazoo tribes
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The
southern section was claimed by the United States as part of
the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
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The Louisiana
Purchase - In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State, James
Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
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1805 - By the
Treaty of Mount Dexter, the Choctaws sell 4.5 million acres of
land to the U.S. government and this opens up land to white settlement
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1812 - 1815 - The
War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a
stalemate but
confirmed America's Independence
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1805 - Zebulon M.
Pike (1779-1813), a native of New Jersey, explores Upper
Mississippi
Facts about the
History of Mississippi History - The American Civil War
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1861 - 1865 The
American Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in
motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil
War. Abraham Lincoln, a
known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861
the South Secedes. The
initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the
secession of Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas,
Tennessee, and North Carolina.
These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States
of America. The
bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the
end of the Confederacy.
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1865 December 6 -
The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the
U.S Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing
slavery
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1898-1901 The
Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris
the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
Origin of the name
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