When the United States Spoke French by Francois Furstenberg

Author:Francois Furstenberg [Furstenberg, Francois]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-06-14T23:00:00+00:00

Throughout the 1790s the trans-Appalachian West remained bitterly contested among Native Americans, the British and Spanish empires, and the new nation rising up along the coast. U.S. sovereignty barely stretched across the Appalachian Mountains. As warfare in Europe and the Caribbean altered the geopolitical balance of the Atlantic world, a new French threat to the United States began to loom in the Mississippi Valley.

But Liancourt discovered that frontier settlers were not aggressive just toward Native Americans: “The avidity of Georgians and their ambition are not limited to coveting the lands of the Indians; they extend to Florida, and there is more than one American settler who views this part of the Spanish possessions as their prerogative.” In 1796 Spain hung on to its North American possessions of Florida and Louisiana by a thread. “Should Spain keep it much longer,” Liancourt mused, “England will soon obtain it.” He continued:

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