The significance of the British possession of Detroit in the 1790s was that it was:
A) well within American territory in the 1783 treaty.
B) a menace to Spanish holdings.
C) blocking navigation from the Ohio into the Mississippi River.
D) a violation of the Canada Act.
Answer: A
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