Spain’s Secret Support
Great Britain found itself in control of a lot of North American territory in 1763. A treaty ending the French and Indian War (1754–1763) had forced France to give up its possessions in Canada and its Louisiana claims east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain. France’s ally, Spain, also ceded Spanish Florida to Great Britain. And Britain already controlled the 13 Colonies along the Atlantic Ocean. Louisiana to the west of the Mississippi River was controlled by the Spanish, but the British believed they could change
