Spanish Mississippi

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Spanish Mississippi was the region along the lower Mississippi River that Spain controlled in North America during the late 18th century, encompassing key territories such as parts of present-day Louisiana and Mississippi.

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Label Occurrences
Spanish Mississippi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenterNearby New Orleans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spanish-controlled lower Mississippi region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent disputes over Mississippi River navigation rights ⓘ
negotiation of Pinckney's Treaty (1795) ⓘ
borderedBy United States ⓘ
United States Northwest Territory ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory

United States Southwest frontier ⓘ
colonialPowerRival Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
controlledBy Spain ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
demography mixed population of Spaniards, French settlers, Anglo-Americans, and enslaved Africans ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
river trade ⓘ
endTime 1795 ⓘ
followedBy United States Mississippi Territory ⓘ
geographicalFeature bottomland forests ⓘ
riverine floodplains ⓘ
governedAs part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
historicalContext post-American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
includesPartOf lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
present-day Louisiana ⓘ
present-day Mississippi ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Spanish colonial law ⓘ
locatedAlong lower Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
locatedOn Mississippi River ⓘ
mainRiver Mississippi River ⓘ
neighboringRegion Spanish East Florida ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Florida

Spanish West Florida ⓘ
linked to: West Florida
partOf Gulf Coast region ⓘ
Mississippi River basin ⓘ
Spanish Louisiana ⓘ
politicalStatus frontier zone between Spanish and U.S. claims ⓘ
precededBy British West Florida (in some areas) ⓘ
linked to: West Florida
religionOfficial Roman Catholicism ⓘ
securityConcern American westward expansion ⓘ
control of frontier forts ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredFrom Great Britain ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo United States ⓘ
startTime 1783 ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
control of navigation on the Mississippi River ⓘ
timePeriod late 18th century ⓘ
transferBasis Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Mississippi ⓘ