| 单词 | mississippi territory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMississippi Territory Mississippi Territory n. U.S. (now historical) a former U.S. territory (established in 1798) in the southern part of North America, occupying approximately the area now occupied by the states of Mississippi and Alabama. ΚΠ 1799 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 41 The organization of the government of the Mississippi Territory..should perhaps be mentioned to Congress. 1857 T. H. Benton Examination Dred Scott Case 47 Organizing the Mississippi territory..was done by spreading the ordinance of '87 over it. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 603/1 Finally, in the treaty of San Lorenzo el Real (ratified 1796) she [sc. Spain] accepted the 1763 (31°) boundary, and withdrew her troops in 1798. Mississippi Territory was then organized, with Winthrop Sarjent as governor. 1985 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 72 317 The different economic adaptations selected variantly by Indian inhabitants of the Mississippi Territory. < as lemmas |
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