Spanish Mississippi

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Spanish colonial territory historical region

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenterNearby	New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Spanish-controlled lower Mississippi region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	disputes over Mississippi River navigation rights ⓘ negotiation of Pinckney's Treaty (1795) ⓘ
borderedBy	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Northwest Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Southwest frontier ⓘ
colonialPowerRival	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalFeature	bottomland forests ⓘ riverine floodplains ⓘ
governedAs	part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
historicalContext	post-American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
includesPartOf	lower Mississippi Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Louisiana ⓘ present-day Mississippi ⓘ
languageUsed	Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem	Spanish colonial law ⓘ
locatedAlong	lower Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
locatedOn	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRiver	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringRegion	Spanish East Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Gulf Coast region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	frontier zone between Spanish and U.S. claims ⓘ
precededBy	British West Florida (in some areas) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionOfficial	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
securityConcern	American westward expansion ⓘ control of frontier forts ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredFrom	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1783 ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to Gulf of Mexico ⓘ control of navigation on the Mississippi River ⓘ
timePeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
transferBasis	Pinckney's Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Mississippi ⓘ