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Research of MississippiBy Nathan Young and Jonathan Scheffler
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Facts on Mississippi
o Mississippi is a state in the deep south region of the United States.
o Mississippi was once a land of large cotton plantations, and its economy depending heavily on agriculture.
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Famous Writers of Mississippi
o Several famous writers were born in Mississippi, such as Tennessee Williams, and authors like William Faulkner, Eudora Welty and Richard Wright.
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The Climate of Mississippi State
o Mississippi has a warm, moist climate with long summers and short winters.
o The climate in the winter snows shortly and is very hot in the summer.
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Reasons on How Mississippi was Found
o In 1540, a Spanish explorer named Hernando de Soto led the first European expedition into Mississippi.
o 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.
o In 1817, congress divided the Mississippi territory into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama territory.
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Details on The Mississippi’s Time
o 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.
o The first Mississippi state governor , David Holmes, had been territorial governor since 1809.
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Mississippi’s nature
o Mississippi has many rivers and lakes.
o The five leading manufactured products are chemicals, food products, furniture, petroleum products, and transportation equipment- generate nearly equal amounts of income.
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Petroleum in Mississippi
o Petroleum and natural gas in Mississippi account for most of the value of the states mined products.
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Indians of Mississippi
o Between 25,000 and 30,000 Indians lived in the Mississippi region when the first European explorers arrived.
o In the territorial days, Indian tribes had controlled almost two- thirds of Mississippi.
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Mississippi’s Rivers and Lakes
o Mississippi has many rivers and lakes.
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The End
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Resources
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