Bayan nasarar Faransa a cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai, Spain ta mallaki yankin da ke yammacin Mississippi kuma Birtaniyya yankin da ke gabashin kogin.Bayan kafuwar Amurka, Amurkawa sun mallaki yankin da ke gabashin Mississippi da arewacin New Orleans.Babban batun ga Amurkawa shi ne samun 'yanci na Mississippi zuwa teku.Yayin da' yan kasuwa Amurkawa ke ci gaba da zama a hankali, yawancin Amurkawa, ciki har da Jefferson, sun yi imanin cewa yankin Amurkawa za su mallaki ta hanyar 'yan kasuwa na Amurka.
27 ga Oktoba, 1795