Congress divided the Mississippi Territory into two states in 1817. This division resulted in the creation of the states of Mississippi and Alabama. Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, followed by Alabama on December 14, 1819.
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Mississippi applied for statehood in 1817. It became the 20th state to join the United States on December 10, 1817. The territory was originally part of the larger Mississippi Territory, which was established in 1798.
Mississippi and Alabama
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The Mississippi River formed the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory, which was acquired by the United States from France in 1803.
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817. The western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi on December 10, 1817.
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the mississippi river
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817. The western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi on December 10, 1817 and the eastern half became the Alabama Territory until its admittance to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819.
Tennessee is north of the former Mississippi Territory.
Territory that stretched to the Mississippi River
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Mississippi and Alabama
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The Act authorized him to negotiate with the Indians in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands.
Tennessee is north of the former Mississippi Territory.