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Alabama
Alabama Spanish explorers sailed along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico around the 1500's. However; Europeans were not seen in Alabama until 1540. This was when Hernando de Soto came with a band of armed soldiers. The Alibamu were peaceful Indians . De Soto forced the Indians to give him food and servants. His harsh treatment of the Indians caused for resentment. De Soto soon ran into trouble when he reached land governed by huge Choctaw chieftan, Tuskaloosa. De Soto
captured the chief and took him to the tribe's strongly
fortified village. It is here where the Indians rose up against De Soto to free their chief. The bloody battle raged for hours. De Soto and his men slaughtered Indian men, women and children alike. When the battle was finally over, the village and its population had been destroyed. De Soto's men also suffered
heavy losses. Later in 1559, Spanish colonists started to settle on Mobile Bay but they didn't account for storms and other unperceived troubles. So they left. The French established Fort Louis on Mobile Bay in 1702. Mobile became the first permanent white settlement in 1711. The French and the British fought over the territory of which Alabama was apart of during the 1700's. Long after
the French and Indian war, the Treaty of Paris, in 1763, gave the territory to England. However; it wasn't until 1813 that what is now known as Alabama passed into possession of the United States. It was now part of the Mississippi Territory. More and more settlers came into Alabama after 1800. They came from the states on the Atlantic. They grew cotton on most of the land that they cleared. But the Indians resisted the theft of their lands. The Creeks held more than half the land in the territory . They were bitter and sided with the British in the War of 1812. Fort Mims was raided by the Indians. They killed hundreds of settlers but they were defeated in a final battle at Horseshoe Bend. The Cherokees, who stayed neutral in the war, were moved from their lands. The Cherokees were the most progressive of the tribes. They lived in brick houses, they grew cotton and they raised cattle. Plus they even had a written language. Alabama became a state on Decemember 14, 1819.
Montgomery was originally home to the Alibamu, a Native American tribe, for which the state is named. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama
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