Editing Alabama Territory (section)

==Territorial evolution of Alabama==

*Territories of the [[Spain|Kingdom of Spain]] and its worldwide [[Spanish Empire]] that would later become part of the future territories of Alabama:
**[[Spanish Florida|La Florida (Spanish Florida)]], 1565–1763
**[[West Florida|Florida Occidental (West Florida)]], 1783–1821
***[[Mobile District]]
*Possession of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] since 1763, in the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ending the [[French and Indian War]] (1756–1763), (known as the [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe), until 1783, with the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] that the lands would later be ceded to become part of the newly independent [[United States]] after 1776,
*Organized as the old [[Southwest Territory]] or Territory of the Southwest [also then occasionally known as the "Territory South of the Ohio River"] (1790–1796), then later
*Reorganized and renamed as the [[Mississippi Territory]] (1798–1817), then the
*Territory of Alabama was carved out of the eastern half in 1817 until 1819:
*[[West Florida]], 1763–1783 (briefly possessed by Britain, acquired from Spain.
*[[U.S. state]]s that [[State cessions|ceded territorial claims]] that would later become part of the future [[Alabama|State of Alabama]]:
**[[State of South Carolina]], 1787
**[[Georgia (U.S. state)|State of Georgia]], 1802 (sold the disputed [[Yazoo lands]] to the U.S. Federal government)
*[[U.S. territories|U.S. territory]] with land that would later become part of the Territory of Alabama:
**[[Mississippi Territory]], 1798–1817
*U.S. state created from the Alabama Territory, 1817–1819:
**State of Alabama, December 14, 1819 to present