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Mississippi History
History Exam Review Sheet #2
Answer | Question |
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Joliet | French/Canadian explorers who first sailed down the MS River with Marquette |
Marquette | French/Canadian explorers who first sailed down the MS River with Joliet |
Narvaez | early Spanish sailor/explorer who looked for the mouth of the MS River in 1521 |
Desoto | first conquistador/explorer to see MS River by land; 1541 |
de Pineda | Spanish explorer who led several expeditions |
Iberville | built Fort Maurepas |
Bienville | build Fort Rosalie at present day Natchez |
Natchez | Fort Rosalie was here. Name of major road from here to Nashville. 1st territorial capital of MS |
Maurepas | For at present day Ocean Springs |
1673 | this is the year where Marquette and Joliet explored. |
1736 | this is the year of the Battle of Ackia |
1793 | the year when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. |
1716 | Bienville built fort rosalie this year. |
1798 | the year MS became a territory. |
1492 | Columbus discovered the New World this year. |
1541 | Desoto found MS River this year. |
1682 | In this year, La Salle, Tonti, and Father Mambre claimed the MS river region for FRANCEEEE |
1729 | Massacre of Ackia happened this year. |
1795 | Treaty of San Lorenzo & Pinkney's Treaty happened this year. |
1699 | 1st settlement established at Ft. Maurepas happened this year. |
1763 | End of French and Indian War |
Tonti | La Salle left this person behind. He was taken captive by Indians so he showed them a mirror over his heart to make them believe they were on his heart. had a hook hand. left notes for La Salle in case he came back |
stinkards | low class of Natchez Indians |
corn | major Indian crop |
English Turn | English turned around here because the French lied and said they had more ships but they really didn't |
1817 | Ms became a state in this year. |
Ackia | battle near Tupelo |
Cotton gin | Eli Whitney invented this. This led to slavery. |
Paleo | Prehistoric Indians who followed wooly mammoths to America. first by |
Archaic | Prehistoric Indians who came after the Paleos |
Woodland | Prehistoric Indians who came after the Archaic. |
Mississippian | Indians who settled in Mississippi |
Marschalk | newspaper printer from MS |
Jeff Davis | president of the Confederacy |
L. Price | famous opera singer from MS |
Andrew Jackson | defeated British at NOLA; face of the Natchez Trace; President later |
BB King | famous blues singer from MS-"King of the Blues" |
Elvis Presley | King of Rock N Roll from Tupelo MS |
Washington | 2nd capital of the MS Territory |
G. Leflore | Pushmataha's nephew |
Claiborne | 2nd territorial governor of MS; took place of Winthrop Sargent |
Oklahoma | used to be Dancing Rabbit Creek; where the Indians were sent on the Trail of Tears |
MS Territory | created in 1798; this place expanded up to TN in 1804 and down to the Gulf of Mexico in 1812. This was divided into 2 separate places in 1817. |
Natchez Trace | A major road that stretched from Natchez to Nashville. Andrew Jackson was the face of this road. It is still working today; robbers and gangs, stands also |
stands | motels for weary travelers |
mason gang | a gang led by Sam Mason |
New Orleans | 1st steamboat on the MS River; city on the bottom of the MS River; battle won by Andrew Jackson |
Battle of Horsheshoe Bend | faught in AL; Jackson defeated the Creeks at this battle |
Winthrop Sargent | 1st territorial governor of MS Territory. He was called "His Yankeeship" |
David Holmes | 1st state and 3rd(final) governor of MS |