aug 3, 1796 - Pinckney's Treaty

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AKA: Treaty of San Lorenzo
Treaty of Madrid

Established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the border between the United States and Spanish Florida, and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. With this agreement, the first phase of the ongoing border dispute between the two nations in this region, commonly called the West Florida Controversy, came to a close.

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