MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
JAY TREATY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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No
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Yes
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the United States want access to the Mississippi River? Travel and trade were difficult on the frontier and the access to the Mississippi River would offer an easier means of transportation for frontier farmers and merchants.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of San Lorenzo, also known as Pinckney’s Treaty, was an agreement signed on October 27, 1795 between the United States and Spain. It settled a dispute between the two nations over the boundary of Spanish Florida and granted navigation rights on the Mississippi River to Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -A victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The treaty was an important diplomatic success for the United States. It resolved territorial disputes between the two countries and granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River as well as duty-free transport through the port of New Orleans, then under Spanish control.