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The Mississippi Territory is formally created.
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The Gulf coast becomes part of the Mississippi Territory.
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Missississppi becomes the 20th state.
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Mississippi 's capital is moved from Natchez to Jackson,which becomes it's permanent home.
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Indian Removal from Mississippi sends the Choctaws and Chickasaws west on the Trail of Tears.
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The Mississippi Legislature rewrites the state constitution taking away rights from African-American citizents.
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The Mississippi Delta floods causing $204 million dollars in damage.
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Freedom Summer brings civil rights volunteers to Mississippi.
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Mississippi votes to legalize gambling.
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Hurricane Katrina devastates Mississippi's Gulf coast ,causing billions of dollars in damage.
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A horrible tornado strikes hard in the southern part of Mississippi and ruined lots of farmland and trees.
