Chapter 3

1. Chapter 3 From Frontier to Statehood

2. Mississippi: After the French and Indian War: • After the French and Indian War, the Mississippi territory became a part of a territory known as West Florida. • Great Britain ruled this territory.

3. July 1776 • American colonists declare their independence from Great Britain • The Revolutionary War ensues

4. The Treaty of Paris • The Treaty of Paris recognized America’s independence from Great Britain.

5. Natchez • Natchez will continue to prosper under Spanish control for some time. • However, Natchez will eventually be given to America through Pinckney’s Treaty

6. Natchez • Tobacco and indigo were important crops in Natchez, but cotton was the most important.

7. Winthrop Sargent • Winthrop Sargent was appointed as the territorial governor of Mississippi. • He was very controversial because people believed that he gave himself too much power.

8. Northwest Ordinance • The Northwest Ordinance was the document that determined how new territories would be established, governed, and then admitted as states.

9. Mississippi’s First Constitution • In order to become a state, appointed officials in Mississippi had to meet and write a state constitution that was acceptable to the United States government.

10. Mississippi’s First Constitution • Constitution: A document that sets up a framework of a government and determines its powers and limitations.

11. Mississippi’s First Constitution • According to our first constitution, the only people who could vote were men who paid taxes or who served in the military.

12. Mississippi’s First Capital • Mississippi’s first capital was Natchez.

13. Sectionalism • Sectionalism soon develops. • Sectionalism: an allegiance to local interests.

14. Problems Between Settlers Develop • The settlers in the eastern part of Mississippi believed that those in the Natchez district were using their wealth and slave ownership to run the government for their own benefit.

15. Problems Between Settlers Develop • The capital of Mississippi is eventually moved from Natchez to Washington.

16. Problems Over Land in the Mississippi Territory • 1. The Choctaw and Chickasaw were still located in Mississippi. Pressure was on the United States government to acquire all Native American territory.

17. Problems Over Land in the Mississippi Territory • 2. Land sales overlapped because the same land had been sold by 3 different governments: French, British, and Spanish.

18. Problems Over Land in the Mississippi Territory • 3. Squatters were a problem.

19. Land Ordinance of 1785 • The Land Ordinance of 1785 officially divided the land into sections and townships to be sold.