Pinckney's Treaty

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Pinckney's Treaty was a 1795 agreement between the United States and Spain that settled territorial disputes and granted Americans navigation rights on the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
affectedRegion American Southwest ⓘ
Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Madrid (1795) ⓘ
Treaty of San Lorenzo ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
cameIntoForce 1796 ⓘ
countryParty Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
definedBoundary U.S.–Spanish Florida boundary at the 31st parallel north ⓘ
grantedRight access to the port of New Orleans for American commerce ⓘ
navigation on the Mississippi River to U.S. citizens ⓘ
right of deposit at New Orleans to U.S. citizens ⓘ
historicalContext early U.S. expansion to the west ⓘ
post-American Revolutionary War diplomacy ⓘ
impact facilitated western expansion of the United States ⓘ
reduced tensions between the United States and Spain ⓘ
strengthened U.S. control over western trade routes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the Spanish Crown ⓘ
ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Pinckney ⓘ
negotiatedBy Manuel de Godoy ⓘ
linked to: Manuel Godoy

Thomas Pinckney ⓘ
providedFor extradition of criminals between the United States and Spain ⓘ
joint U.S.–Spanish boundary commissions ⓘ
mutual protection of each country’s subjects and citizens ⓘ
relatedTo Adams administration foreign policy ⓘ
Jay's Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Jay Treaty
resolvedIssue navigation rights on the Mississippi River ⓘ
territorial disputes between the United States and Spain ⓘ
use of the port of New Orleans by Americans ⓘ
signingDate 1795-10-27 ⓘ
signingLocation San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain ⓘ
linked to: El Escorial
signingYear 1795 ⓘ
subjectOf United States diplomatic history studies ⓘ
scholarship on early American foreign relations ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Washington administration → signed → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ
presidency of George Washington → majorForeignPolicyIssue → Pinckney's Treaty with Spain ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of San Lorenzo ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
United States–Spain relations → keyTreaty → Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
Thomas Pinckney → notableWork → Treaty of San Lorenzo ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
Thomas Pinckney → signed → Treaty of San Lorenzo ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
Treaty of Madrid (1795) → alsoKnownAs → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Madrid (1795) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of San Lorenzo ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
Treaty of Madrid (1795) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of San Lorenzo el Real ⓘ
linked to: Pinckney's Treaty
Spanish Mississippi → transferBasis → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ