Battles & Campaigns · 1795
Pinckney's Treaty
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
What happened
Thomas Pinckney for the United States and Manuel de Godoy for Spain signed the treaty. The young United States and Spain disagreed about the border with Spanish Florida and about use of the Mississippi River. Americans gained the right to sail the Mississippi and use the port of New Orleans.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It opened the Mississippi to American trade and settled the southern border for a time. It helped the United States expand into the Southwest.
What came next
Congress created the Mississippi Territory in 1798. In 1819 Spain gave all of Florida to the United States.
Timeline
- 27 October 1795Pinckney's Treaty is signed.
- 2 August 1796The treaty is proclaimed.
- 7 April 1798Mississippi Territory is created.
- 22 February 1819Adams–Onís Treaty.