How was pinckney's treaty resolved?

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2026-03-18 02:56

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Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo, resolved a territorial dispute between Spain and the United States. The negotiations for the treaty were concluded on October 27, 1795 between U.S. diplomat Thomas Pinckney and Spanish prime minister Manuel de Godoy. The treaty expanded the southern border of the United States to the 31st parallel and maintained its western border as the Mississippi River. It also granted Americans the right to navigate the Mississippi River, even through Spanish territory, as well as the right to conduct business at the port of New Orleans, which was controlled by the Spanish at the time.

According to the US Department of State's Office of the Historian, the treaty was resolved due to the fact that "Spain's political and military position had weakened under its defeats and war expenses, while population growth in Kentucky and Tennessee, combined with a shortage of European ships to sustain trade with Louisiana, made Spanish officials amenable to a change in restrictive Spanish trade policies."

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