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*The '''French''' acquired it in the early eighteenth century, founding Mobile in 1702. This area was claimed by the French from 1702 to 1763 as part of '''La Louisiane.''' | *The '''French''' acquired it in the early eighteenth century, founding Mobile in 1702. This area was claimed by the French from 1702 to 1763 as part of '''La Louisiane.''' | ||
*After the French lost to the British in the Seven Years' War, it became part of '''British West Florida''' from 1763 to 1783. | *After the French lost to the British in the Seven Years' War, it became part of '''British West Florida''' from 1763 to 1783. | ||
*The '''Scots-Irish''' were the largest non-English immigrant group from the British Isles before the American Revolution, and many settled in the South, later moving into the Deep South as it was developed. | |||
*After the United States victory in the American Revolutionary War, the territory was divided between the United States and Spain. Spain retained control of this western territory from 1783 until the surrender of the Spanish garrison at Mobile to U.S. forces on April 13, 1813. | *After the United States victory in the American Revolutionary War, the territory was divided between the United States and Spain. Spain retained control of this western territory from 1783 until the surrender of the Spanish garrison at Mobile to U.S. forces on April 13, 1813. | ||
*During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major cotton producer and widely used '''African-American''' slaves on its plantations | *Southeastern planters and traders from the Upper South brought slaves with them as the cotton plantations in Alabama expanded. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major cotton producer and widely used '''African-American''' slaves on its plantations. | ||
*The area also drew many poor, disenfranchised people who became subsistence farmers. | |||
*The largest reported ancestry groups in Alabama in 2010 are: American (13.4%), Irish (10.5%), English (10.2%), German (7.9%), and Scots-Irish (2.5%).<ref>"Alabama", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama, accessed 4 April 2021.</ref> | |||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||