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How did the United States benefit from Thomas Pickney's treaty?


The United States would be protected by Spain if a conflict with England arose.

It granted the United States access to both the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans.

The treaty allowed forts along the Great Lakes.

It called for an end to British searches on American ships and the halt of impressing American sailors.

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Answer;

It granted the United States access to both the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans.

Explanation;

Pinckney's Treaty was favorable for the United States in that;

- it provided for a mutual recognition of the border between US Territory and the Spanish colonies

- it opened the Mississippi River to American traffic and trade and allowed Americans to use the port of New Orleans.

Thomas Pinckney was US minister to Great Britain. He was sent to Spain to sign treaty to secure US land claims west of Appalachians

-Pinckney's Treaty of 1795; Spain gave up all claims to land east of the Mississippi (except Florida) and recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the United States and the northern boundary of Florida. Spain also agreed to open the Mississippi River to traffic by Spanish subjects and U.S. citizens, and to allow American traders to use the port of New Orleans

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Answer:

It granted the United States access to both the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans.

Explanation:

The Pinckney’s Treaty also called the Treaty of San Lorenzo was a treaty signed on October 27, 1795. It was a very important Treaty because it solved the dispute between the US and Spain.

The Treaty benefitted the US because it granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River as well as duty-free transport through the Port of New Orleans that was under Spanish control at that time.

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