Alabama state, Детальна інформація

|the United States. |

|1813 United States captured Mobile and added it to |

|the Mississippi Territory. |

|1814 General Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek |

|Indians. |

|1817 Congress created the Alabama Territory. |

|1819 Alabama admitted to Union December 14, as 22nd |

|state. |

|1847 Montgomery became state capital. |

|1861 Alabama seceded from the Union January 11 and |

|formed the Republic of Alabama, which lasted until |

|February 8, when Alabama joined the Confederacy. 1868|

|Alabama re-admitted to the Union. |

|1875 A new constitution adopted, ending the period of|

|Reconstruction. |

|1888 First steel produced in Birmingham. |

|1901 Present state constitution adopted. |

|1944 First petroleum produced near Gilbertown. |

|1949 Redstone Arsenal, at Huntsville, became a center|

|for rocket and missile research. |

|1970 Black Alabamians won seats (two) In the state |

|legislature for the first time since Reconstruction. |

|1981 Tuskegee Institute celebrated its 100th |

|anniversary. |

territory,were especially bitter. They sided with the British in the War of 1812. The

Indians raided Fort Mims and killed several hundred settlers. In a final battle at Horseshoe Bend, the Creeks were defeated, and before long they were moved out of the territory. The Cherokees, who had remained neutral in the war, were later moved from their lands. They were the most progressive of the Indian tribes. They lived in brick houses, grew cotton, raised rattle, and even had a written language.

Alabama Becomes a State

When Mississippi became a state in 1817, the eastern half of the

Mississippi Territory was removed and made the Alabama Territory. Its capital was St. Stephens, a small town lo the north of Mobile. At that time settlers were found mainly in three regions—in the Tennessee Valley, around

Huntsville; along Ihc Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers, with centers at