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Research of Mississippi

Research of Mississippi. By Nathan Young and Jonathan Scheffler . Mississippi is a state in the deep south region of the United States. Mississippi was once a land of large cotton plantations, and its economy depending heavily on agriculture. Facts o n Mississippi .

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Research of Mississippi

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  1. Research of Mississippi By Nathan Young and Jonathan Scheffler

  2. Mississippi is a state in the deep south region of the United States. Mississippi was once a land of large cotton plantations, and its economy depending heavily on agriculture. Facts on Mississippi

  3. Several famous writers were born in Mississippi, such as Tennessee Williams, and authors like William Faulkner, Eudora Welty and Richard Wright. Famous Writers of Mississippi

  4. Mississippi has a warm, moist climate with long summers and short winters. The climate in the winter snows shortly and is very hot in the summer. The Climate of Mississippi State

  5. In 1540, a Spanish explorer named Hernando de Soto led the first European expedition into Mississippi. During the French and Indian war in [1754-1763] the British and the Chickasaw kept the French from forces in the lower Mississippi valley from joining the other French forces in the Ohio valley. In 1817, congress divided the Mississippi territory into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama territory. Reasons on How Mississippi was Found

  6. In 1682, the French explorer Rene – Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, traveled down the Mississippi river from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The first Mississippi state governor , David Holmes, had been territorial governor since 1809. Details on The Mississippi’s Time

  7. Mississippi has many rivers and lakes. The five leading manufactured products are chemicals, food products, furniture, petroleum products, and transportation equipment- generate nearly equal amounts of income. Mississippi’s nature

  8. Petroleum and natural gas in Mississippi account for most of the value of the states mined products. Petroleum in Mississippi

  9. Between 25,000 and 30,000 Indians lived in the Mississippi region when the first European explorers arrived. In the territorial days, Indian tribes had controlled almost two- thirds of Mississippi. Indians of Mississippi

  10. Mississippi has many rivers and lakes. Mississippi’s Rivers and Lakes

  11. Power point by Jonathan Scheffler and Nathan Young The End

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