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Article: Spanish Conspiracy
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SPANISH CONSPIRACY
SPANISH CONSPIRACY,
a series of more or less closely related intrigues beginning in 1786 between Spain and certain Americans living in what was then the western United States. Spain wished to defend Louisiana and Florida by promoting the secession of the West from the United States. To achieve that purpose, Spain manipulated commerce on the Mississippi River and attempted to exploit sectional antagonism between the American East and West. After the United States obtained the right of free navigation of the Mississippi by Pinckney's Treaty in 1795, the conspirators continued to seek commercial privileges, support for colonization schemes, and other advantages from ...
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