Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A cikin rabin rabin karni na 18, Louisiana ya kasance mai ban sha'awa a kan tsarin siyasa na Turai. Faransawa ne suka mallake ta, waɗanda suke da ƙananan ƙauyuka a gefen Mississippi da sauran manyan koguna. Faransa ta ba da yankin ga Spain a cikin yarjejeniyar sirri ta Fontainebleau (1762). Bayan shan kashi na Faransa a cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai, Spain ta mallaki yankin yammacin Mississippi da Birtaniyya yankin gabashin kogin.Bayan kafa Amurka, Amurkawa sun mallaki yankin gabashin Mississippi da arewacin New Orleans. Babban batun ga Amurkawa shi ne izinin wucewa ta Mississippi zuwa teku. Yayin da 'yan gudun hijirar Amurkawa suka fara zama a hankali, yawancin Amurkawa, ciki har da Jefferson, sun ɗauka cewa za a sami yankin "a yanki". Hatsarin wani iko ya karbe shi daga Spain mai rauni ya sa ya zama dole a "yi zurfin tunani" game da wannan manufar. New Orleans ya riga ya kasance mai mahimmanci don jigilar kayan aikin gona zuwa da daga yankunan Amurka da ke yammacin tsaunukan Appalachian. Yarjejeniyar Pinckney, da aka sanya hannu tare da Spain a ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1795, ta ba 'yan kasuwa na Amurka "yancin ajiya" a New Orleans, yana ba su damar amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa don adana kayayyaki don fitarwa. Amirkawa sun yi amfani da wannan 'yancin su kai kayayyaki kamar su gari, taba, naman alade, naman alade, man shanu, gashin tsuntsaye, cider, man shanu, da cuku. Yarjejeniyar ta kuma amince da 'yancin Amurka don kewaya duk Mississippi, wanda ya zama muhimmi ga kasuwancin da ke ci gaba da yankunan yamma.A 1798, Spain ta soke yarjejeniyar da ta ba da damar amfani da Amurka na New Orleans, wanda ya damu da Amurkawa. A cikin 1801, Gwamnan Mutanen Espanya Don Juan Manuel de Salcedo ya karɓi mulki daga Marquess na Casa Calvo, kuma ya maido da haƙƙin Amurka don adana kayayyaki. Duk da haka, a cikin 1800 Spain ta ba da yankin Louisiana zuwa Faransa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Napoleon na asiri na Uku na San Ildefonso. Yankin ya kasance a karkashin ikon Mutanen Espanya, har zuwa canja wurin iko zuwa Faransa a kan...  Tambaya: Yaushe aka ba 'yan kasuwa na Amurka damar yin ajiya?
27 ga Oktoba, 1795