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A Dictionary of American History
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Nootka Sound Crisis
Nootka Sound Crisis In 1789 the Spanish navy arrested British fur traders occupying a post on Nootka Sound, British Columbia, which was claimed by Spain. When Britain hinted at war in an ultimatum, George Washington chaired the federal government’s first cabinet debate on whether to resist British forces crossing the US to attack Spanish La. The crisis passed, but left Spanish officials worried that the US might allow British forces to march across its soil for an invasion. This apprehension motivated Spain to make generous concessions to the US in the treaty of San Lorenzo, as a means of forestalling any Anglo-American military cooperation against La.
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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Nootka Sound Crisis," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed October 3, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CKHKCB8YC3SS1TH.
MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Nootka Sound Crisis." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 3 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CKHKCB8YC3SS1TH.
Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Nootka Sound Crisis' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 3 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CKHKCB8YC3SS1TH.
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