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Why did Spain close the lower Mississippi River to American shipping in 1784?

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Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to American trade because if American relations with Great Britain where poor, affairs with Spain where Worse, Spain which head Florida as well as lands west of the Mississippi River, was anxious to halt American expansions into the territory it claimed, as a result, Spain closed the lower Mississippi River shipping in 1784.
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They did it to halt American expansion into territory it claimed.
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