Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southern United States.

History

Main article: History of Alabama

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Among Native American people once living in present Alabama were Alabama (Alibamu), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, and Mobile.

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Native American - Alabama - Cherokee - Chickasaw - Choctaw - Creek - Koasati - Mobile

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The French established the first European settlement in the state with the establishment of Mobile in 1702. Southern Alabama was French from 1702–1763, part of British West Florida from 1763–1780, and part of Spanish West Florida from 1780–1814. Northern and central Alabama was part of British Georgia from 1763–1783 and part of the American Mississippi territory thereafter. Its statehood delayed by the lack of a coastline (rectified when Andrew Jackson captured Spanish Mobile in 1814), Alabama became the 22nd state in 1819.

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French - Europe - Mobile - 1702 - 1763 - 1780 - 1814 - 1783 - 1819

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The state of Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861 and became the Alabama Republic and on February 18 1861 became a Confederate state. While not many battles were fought in the state, it contributed about 120,000 soldiers to the Civil War. After the war a provisional government was set up in 1865 and Alabama was readmitted to the Union in June 1868.

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January 11 - 1861 - Alabama Republic - February 18 - Confederate state - Civil War - 1865 - 1868

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