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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Spanish Mississippi canonical 1

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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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Crown of Spain hasPart Spanish Mississippi