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Early Mississippi Territory (Transportation Routes (Over land - Natchez…
Early Mississippi Territory
Territorial Capital
Washington, MS
Moved from Natchez
Transportation Routes
Over land - Natchez Trace
Mississippi River
Very Dangerous to travel
First Colleges
Jefferson College - 1st College
Elizebeth Female Academy - First woman's School
Nearby Expansion
West Florida Annexed - 1810
Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
Andrew Jackson
Defeated the Creek Indians in MS
Defeated the British at New Orleans
Mississippi Population explodes
Statehood
Constitution of 1817
Slavery was Legal
Only White Males who owned property could vote
Wealth and property requirements to political office
Wealthy Planters ruled the state