The United States grew increasingly frustrated with Spain during the 1780s because Spain
a. closed the Mississippi River to American shipping
b. intercepted American ships on the high seas and pressed American sailors into service
c. sent agents into the American South to foment a slave rebellion
d. refused to sell Cuba to the United States
e. invoked the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas to claim that the United States was actually Spanish territory
Ans: a. closed the Mississippi River to American shipping
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