Category:Mississippi

Mississippi is the current US state. It was first discovered by a Spanish explorer named Hernando de Soto in 1540. It was later colonised by France in April 1699. It was ruled by the French, Spain and Britain a few decades later. The French surrendered the territory to Great Britain after the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) under the term of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. It was later part of the US after independence. It was recognised as The Mississippi Territory as it seceded from Georgia and South Carolina. The territory was expanded to include disputed territory claimed both by Spain and the US. It also purchased some lands from the Native American tribes by the Treaty of Doak's Stand. It was later the 20th state to be part of the Union on December 10th, 1817. Mississippi was one of the founding members of the Confederacy of America and the second state to declare secession, and the Union and the Confederate struggle over dominance of the Mississippi River. It had passed Jim Crow Laws, but it was later repelled for being unconstitutional.