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  2. History of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century.

  3. Colonial history of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Spanish period 1762–1803. Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts. Shortly after the founding of Ste. Genevieve, disputes between France and England over control of the Ohio Valley resulted in the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1754. [15] The British won and France lost all of its holdings.

  4. Platte Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Platte Purchase was a land acquisition in 1836 by the United States government from American Indian tribes of the region. It comprised lands along the east bank of the Missouri River and added 3,149 square miles (8,156 km 2) to the northwest corner of the state of Missouri . This expansion of the slave state of Missouri was in violation of ...

  5. History of St. Louis (1763–1803) - Wikipedia

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    The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1763 to 1803 was marked by the transfer of French Louisiana to Spanish control, the founding of the city of St. Louis, its slow growth and role in the American Revolution under the rule of the Spanish, the transfer of the area to American control in the Louisiana Purchase, and its steady growth and prominence since then.

  6. Cote Sans Dessein, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Cote Sans Dessein, Missouri. Coordinates: 91°59′13″W. Cote Sans Dessein is an extinct town within the still extant Cote Sans Dessein Township in southern Callaway County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The site was on the Missouri River floodplain across the river from Dauphine or Bonnots Mill [1] in Osage County.

  7. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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    The Missouri Compromise (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of prohibiting ...

  8. Missouri Executive Order 44 - Wikipedia

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    Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River. The clash had been triggered when a state militia unit from Ray County detained several Mormon hostages from Caldwell County, and the ...

  9. 1838 Mormon War - Wikipedia

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    The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and non-Mormons in Missouri from August to November 1838, the first of the three "Mormon Wars". Some members of the Latter Day Saint movement, founded by Joseph Smith, had begun to settle in Jackson County, Missouri in 1831.

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