Some sample questions from this category:
* The first permanent European settlement within the present-day boundaries of Mississippi was what French colony?
* How did the territory of present-day Mississippi leave French control and come under British control?
* In 1798, the U.S. Congress created the Mississippi Territory with William Claiborne as the governor. What was the capital of the new Mississippi Territory?
* What was the name of the famous trail traveled by settlers and traders drawn by cotton and cheap land that extended from Nashville, Tennessee, to the lower Mississippi River?
* During what year did Mississippi become a state?
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