Mississippi Territory

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf territory
gptkbp:accepts 1817
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Choctaw
gptkb:Natchez
gptkb:Chickasaw
gptkb:Tunica
gptkbp:area approximately 1,000,000 acres
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:Arkansas_Territory
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Natchez
Jackson
gptkbp:cultural_impact African_American_culture
Native_American_culture
Southern_culture
gptkbp:dissolved 1817
gptkbp:economy agriculture
trade
cotton production
gptkbp:established 1798
gptkbp:governance governed by a territorial legislature
gptkbp:governs gptkb:Winthrop_Sargent
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Stephen_D._Lee
gptkb:George_Poindexter
gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkb:John_A._Quitman
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:David_Holmes
gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkb:John_Steele
gptkbp:historical_significance First organized territory in the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains.
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act
War of 1812
Mississippi's_statehood
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi Territory
gptkbp:includes parts of present-day Alabama
parts of present-day Mississippi
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase
Treaty of Fort Adams
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Treaty of Doak's Stand
Treaty of Mount Dexter
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:population approximately 30,000 in 1810