Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century.
ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli hˈoʊm tə mˈɛni nˈeɪɾɪv tɹˈaɪbz, pɹˈɛzəntdˈeɪ ˌæləbˈæmə wʌzɐ spˈænɪʃ tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ɪnðə sˈɪkstiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi ʌntˈɪl ðə fɹˈɛntʃ ɐkwˈaɪɚd ɪɾ ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli ˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.