lawrencemma2165 lawrencemma2165 07-10-2022 History contestada Why were American politicians of the 1790s concerned that the United States shared its southern and western borders with New Spain? a. Native Americans preferred to trade with Spain rather than the United States. b. Spain controlled the key shipping port of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi River. c. Spain had formed an alliance with Britain and Americans worried that Britain would try to reclaim its former colonies. d. Spanish soldiers had begun conducting raids on American territory.