page_title: History of Mobile, Alabama
hierarchical_section_title: History of Mobile, Alabama
caption_attribution_description: English: A detail of Anville's 1732 map of Louisiana showing Mobile Bay, the Mobile colony, and surrounding Native American settlements and villages. Français&#160;: Carte de la Louisiane par le Sr. d'Anville. Dressée en mai 1732. [Gravée par] Guille. de la Haye.
context_page_description: Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years War. Following the American Revolutionary War, Mobile did not become a part of the United States, as it was part of territory captured by Spain from Great Britain in 1780.
  Mobile first became a part of the United States in 1813, when it was captured by American forces and added to the Mississippi Territory, then later re-zoned into the Alabama Territory in August 1817. Finally on December 14, 1819, Mobile became part of the new 22nd state, Alabama, one of the earlier states of the U.S. Forty-one years later, Alabama left the Union and joined the Confederate States of America in 1861. It returned in 1865 after the American Civil War.
  Mobile had spent decades as French, then British, then Spanish, then American, spanning 160 years, up to the Civil War.
context_section_description: Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years.  During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years War.  Following the American Revolutionary War, Mobile did not become a part of the United States, as it was part of territory captured by Spain from Great Britain in 1780.
  Mobile first became a part of the United States in 1813, when it was captured by American forces and added to the Mississippi Territory, then later re-zoned into the Alabama Territory in August 1817.  Finally on December 14, 1819, Mobile became part of the new 22nd state, Alabama, one of the earlier states of the U.S.  Forty-one years later, Alabama left the Union and joined the Confederate States of America in 1861.  It returned in 1865 after the American Civil War.
  Mobile had spent decades as French, then British, then Spanish, then American, spanning 160 years, up to the Civil War.
caption: A detail of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville's 1732 map of Louisiana showing Mobile Bay, the Mobile colony (Fort Condé de la Mobile), many rivers, bays, Native American settlements & Isle Dauphine.
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