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History of the Mississippi- 1700s

  • 1763: Mississippi passed into English control after the French and Indian War
  • 1781-1783: Mississippi River divided into two sections North and South (America controlled the North and Spain the south)
  • 1797: Spain ceded Mississippi to United States
  • 1798: Mississippi organized as American territory
  • 1798-1820: 222,000 immigrants moved to Mississippi (majority slaves)
  • The immigration movement came in two distinct waves, before the war and after
  • Post War Flood Reasons: high cotton prices, elimination of indian titles to land, new and improved roads and the acquisition of new direct outlets to the gulf

Culture

Mississippi

- State of contrast

- prospered through cultivation of cotton and cash crops

- fertile grounds for black musicians

- much of life around the river was easy

- cultural and complex people

Buffalo were very useful....

- teeth and bones for ceremonial rattles, knives, arrowheads, shovels, sleds, clubs and dice

- hides became teepee covers, clothes, shoes, belts, bags, arrow quivers and dolls

- headresses made of hair

- tongue, heart and liver were eaten

- horns carved into spooons, cups, decorations

- muscles cut into strips and preserved as jerky

- tails became whips and brushes

- fat used in soap. cooking oil, soup

- hooves boiled down as glue

Battle of New Orleans

  • Most famous battle of the war
  • Andrew Jackson led U.S. to victory
  • Battle continued after war ended
  • December 22 shots were fired and lasted for 7 days
  • More than one battle
  • Surprise attacks at Bonaventura (first move)
  • January 9, 1815, final move across the Stubble - plains of Chalmer
  • 2,600 men dead, wounded, and captured (8 dead/ 13 wounded)

Sites Along the River

- Fort Snelling

- Minnesota

- Minneapolis

- Baton Rouge

- Louisiana

The Native Americans used the river for....

- food

- fishing

- trade

- bathing

- travel

- entertainment

Mississippi River (1780's-1850's)

Physical Features

- tall grass prairies

- oak savannahs

- floodplain forests

Native American Tribes

- Biloxi

- Chickasaw

- Choctaw

- Natchez

- Tonica

- Quapaw

- Ofo

Geography

- 2,320 miles long

- widths range from 20 feet to a mile wide

- States it crosses through include Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana

- Starts in Canada, ends in Gulf of Mexico

- Second largest river

- slow moving

- many rivers branch off of it

By: Maddy, Ryan, Trevor and Jack

Culture

  • Mardi Gras (created March 3 1694, France) and other local celebrations
  • People of color lost freedom after Louisiana purchase
  • French was commonly spoke language
  • Most culturally complex people in North America
  • Democratic culture
  • Flat boats and steam boats for transporting goods
  • Play cards, drink, fight, rest
  • French colonists established Catholic Church

1800-1861

  • 1801/1802: Natchez trail developed as mail route and major road
  • Capitol moved from Natchez to Washington, Mississippi
  • 1805: Choctaw sold 4.5 million acres of land to America
  • 1812: The War of 1812 begins and Mississippi rakes control over west Florida territory; war ends in 1815
  • 1816: Treaty with Choctaw Indians opened land around Tombigbee Prarie for settlement
  • 1817: Mississippi becomes 20th state
  • 1830: All Choctaw territory east of Mississippi added to U.S. Choctaws left state; all Choctaw territory north ceded to U.S. (moved to Oklahoma)
  • 1850: Congess gave Mississippi three million acres of swamp
  • 1861: Civil War begins

Other Major Battles

  • Creek War (1813 - August 1814) - U.S., Lower creeks, Cherokee, Choctaw (7,000) 584 killed - Red Stick Creek (4,000) 1,597 killed
  • Battle of Jackson (May 14, 1863) - Union victory
  • vast amounts of high quality cotton (inexpensive) attracted plethora of settlers from GA and Carolina's
  • mixed crops (tobacco wasn't profitable)
  • 1778 - 1820: 5,000-222,000 (majority slaves)

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