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Road to Statehood

MS Studies Chapter 3

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Moundbuilders tribes that constructed burial mounds over tombs and sometimes shaped those mounds like birds or animals
Clan a group of related families
Maize corn
Polygamy having more than 1 wife
Northwest Ordinance established framework for the government of the territories; provided for the admission of new states
Sectionalism an allegiance to local interests
Constitution set up framework of a government and determines its powers and limitations
Exogamy Native Americans married outside the clan
Treaty formal agreement between two or more nations
First Europeans to Explore MS French and Spanish
Four Time Periods of the early Native Americans Paleo, Archaic, Woodlands, and Mississippians
Pinckney's Treaty Treaty of San Lorenzo; granted the right of Americans to deposit their goods in New Orleans; US took control over the region
Statehood divided the state and joining the union
Colonial trade rivalry England, Spain and France
Spanish Explorers 1st to visit MS between 1539-1542
Hernando de Soto Explored the southeastern part of North America; landed near Tampa FL; held Native American Chief's hostage to secure labor, supplies, and info; died in 1542
Columbian Exchange between Europe, Americas, and Africa; Massive movement and interaction of biological organisms after Columbus
French Explorers 2nd to explore MS; settled in Quebec; searched for a water route to the Pacific; wanted to dominate fur trade and confine English to the East Coast
European Wars 3 major consequences: territory changed, colonists sought allies among Native Americans, and MS was ruled 1st by the French
Mississippi 20th state on December 10, 1817
David Holmes 1st Governor of MS
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