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The Far Western Frontier in the Late 1700s-1860s

by | Sep 7, 2018 | True West Blog

During the 1770s Spain believed her colony of Florida was under threat from American frontier settlers and was determined to stop American settlement in Tennessee, and Kentucky.  After France ceded the Louisiana Territory to Spain in 1762, New Orleans became the main weapon against the frontier Americans who needed the port to ship their goods to market. Spain, hoping to divide the Americans, closed


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