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Events In Mississippi

By ajalenak

  • Mississippi Territory

    Mississippi Territory
    The Mississippi Territory is formally created.

  • The Gulf Coast

    The Gulf Coast
    The Gulf coast becomes part of the Mississippi Territory.

  • 20th State

    20th State
    Missississppi becomes the 20th state.

  • Mississippi 's Capital is Moved

    Mississippi 's Capital is Moved
    Mississippi 's capital is moved from Natchez to Jackson,which becomes it's permanent home.

  • Indian Removal

    Indian Removal
    Indian Removal from Mississippi sends the Choctaws and Chickasaws west on the Trail of Tears.

  • The Mississippi Legislature

    The Mississippi Legislature
    The Mississippi Legislature rewrites the state constitution taking away rights from African-American citizents.

  • The Mississippi Delta

    The Mississippi Delta
    The Mississippi Delta floods causing $204 million dollars in damage.

  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer
    Freedom Summer brings civil rights volunteers to Mississippi.

  • Mississippi Votes

    Mississippi Votes
    Mississippi votes to legalize gambling.

  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina devastates Mississippi's Gulf coast ,causing billions of dollars in damage.

  • A Tornado

    A Tornado
    A horrible tornado strikes hard in the southern part of Mississippi and ruined lots of farmland and trees.