History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1073 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pinckney's Treaty
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The idea
Alarmed by Jay's Treaty, Spain negotiated its own, allowing American commerce through New Orleans.
In practice
Farmers in the Ohio River Valley shipping goods down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans and on to East Coast markets.
Where people slip
Access to New Orleans is what the Louisiana Purchase is later bought to secure permanently.
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