Pinckney's Treaty

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bilateral treaty historical event international agreement

Pinckney's Treaty was a 1795 agreement between the United States and Spain that settled territorial disputes and granted Americans navigation rights on the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of San Lorenzo	3
Pinckney's Treaty canonical	2
Pinckney's Treaty of 1795	1
Pinckney's Treaty with Spain	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1256871 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pinckney's Treaty
Context triple: [Washington administration, signed, Pinckney's Treaty]

A. Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled lingering disputes from the American Revolutionary War, averted renewed conflict, and helped normalize trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations.
B. Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
C. Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the 1814 peace agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the War of 1812 and largely restored relations and territorial boundaries to their prewar status.
D. Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1804) was an agreement in which Sauk and Meskwaki leaders, under disputed circumstances, ceded vast lands in Illinois and Missouri to the United States, later fueling tensions that led to the Black Hawk War.
E. Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pinckney's Treaty
Target entity description: Pinckney's Treaty was a 1795 agreement between the United States and Spain that settled territorial disputes and granted Americans navigation rights on the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans.

A. Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled lingering disputes from the American Revolutionary War, averted renewed conflict, and helped normalize trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations.
B. Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
C. Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the 1814 peace agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the War of 1812 and largely restored relations and territorial boundaries to their prewar status.
D. Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1804) was an agreement in which Sauk and Meskwaki leaders, under disputed circumstances, ceded vast lands in Illinois and Missouri to the United States, later fueling tensions that led to the Black Hawk War.
E. Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
affectedRegion	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: American Southwest Mississippi River valley ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River Valley Spanish Florida ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Madrid (1795) ⓘ Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaty of San Lorenzo
cameIntoForce	1796 ⓘ
countryParty	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
definedBoundary	Florida–Georgia border ⓘ surface form: U.S.–Spanish Florida boundary at the 31st parallel north
grantedRight	access to the port of New Orleans for American commerce ⓘ navigation on the Mississippi River to U.S. citizens ⓘ right of deposit at New Orleans to U.S. citizens ⓘ
historicalContext	early U.S. expansion to the west ⓘ post-American Revolutionary War diplomacy ⓘ
impact	facilitated western expansion of the United States ⓘ reduced tensions between the United States and Spain ⓘ strengthened U.S. control over western trade routes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the Spanish Crown ⓘ ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter	Thomas Pinckney ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Manuel Godoy ⓘ surface form: Manuel de Godoy Thomas Pinckney ⓘ
providedFor	extradition of criminals between the United States and Spain ⓘ joint U.S.–Spanish boundary commissions ⓘ mutual protection of each country’s subjects and citizens ⓘ
relatedTo	Adams administration foreign policy ⓘ Jay Treaty ⓘ surface form: Jay's Treaty
resolvedIssue	navigation rights on the Mississippi River ⓘ territorial disputes between the United States and Spain ⓘ use of the port of New Orleans by Americans ⓘ
signingDate	1795-10-27 ⓘ
signingLocation	El Escorial ⓘ surface form: San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
signingYear	1795 ⓘ
subjectOf	United States diplomatic history studies ⓘ scholarship on early American foreign relations ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

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Washington administration → signed → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

presidency of George Washington → majorForeignPolicyIssue → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pinckney's Treaty with Spain

Pinckney's Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of San Lorenzo

United States–Spain relations → historicalEvent → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

United States–Spain relations → keyTreaty → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pinckney's Treaty of 1795

Thomas Pinckney → notableWork → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of San Lorenzo

Thomas Pinckney → signed → Pinckney's Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of San Lorenzo

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