It was Spain
the agreement was called pickney's treaty. Spain agreed to give America the right of deposit of New Orleans mainly because they were afraid of a US/Great Britain alliance
1. The Americans had free navigation of the Mississippi River & 2. Spain the right to trade with New Orleans
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the battle of new orleans
New Orleans stands on the Mississippi river.
In the late eighteenth century Spain wanted to deny America the privilege of stockpiling goods until ships came to transport them overseas (the right of deposit). The port that denied Americans this right was New Orleans, along the Mississippi River.
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New Orleans was founded May 17, 1718 by the French Mississippi Company.
The French founded "La Nouvelle-Orleans" on May 7, 1718.
Spain provided arms through the port of New Orleans.
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