This first Nootka Convention averts war but …
Years: 1790 - 1790
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This first Nootka Convention averts war but leaves many specific issues unresolved.
It gives both countries the right to settle along the Pacific coasts, interrupting the Spanish monopoly for the first time in over two centuries.
Difficulties in implementing the terms will lead to a second, and then a third Nootka Convention (1794).
Locations
People
- Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra
- George III of Great Britain
- George Vancouver
- Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
- Louis XVI of France
- William Pitt the Younger
Groups
- New Spain, Viceroyalty of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- British North America
- United States of America (US, USA) (New York NY)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Maritime Fur Trade
- Colonization of the Americas, Russian
- French Revolution
- Nootka Crisis
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Hides and feathers
- Gem materials
- Strategic metals
- Slaves
- Sweeteners
- Land
- Tobacco
