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French Territory West of the Mississippi River (to Include Missouri) was ceded to Spain. Subsequently, in 1800 this same area was ceded back to France who subsequently sold this as the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.
Tennessee is north of the former Mississippi Territory.
Territory that stretched to the Mississippi River
The Michigan Territory did not exist in 1800.
lands west of the Mississippi that were owned by the French
Northwest Territory
Tennessee is north of the former Mississippi Territory.
The original Mississippi Territory created by the US Congress in 1798. In 1817, Congress divided the Mississippi Territory into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama Territory. On Dec. 10, 1817, Mississippi joined the Union and became the 20th state.
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northwestern territory