"And that all disputes which might arise in future... may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz: From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia... by a line drawn due north... to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude." — Treaty of Paris, Article II, September 3, 1783
The boundaries set in this article most directly created which immediate diplomatic challenge for the new United States?
- Acheck_circle
Disputes over British retention of forts and Spanish control of the lower Mississippi
- B
Russian claims along the Pacific coast and Alaskan fur trade
- C
French insistence on returning Louisiana to royal control
- D
Dutch demands for compensation for losses at New York Harbor
Explanation
Britain held forts in the Northwest Territory until Jay's Treaty (1794), and Spain controlled New Orleans and the Mississippi's mouth until Pinckney's Treaty (1795) — issues directly created by these boundaries. Russian, French, and Dutch claims were not the central diplomatic problems generated by Article II.