Three rivers of that name empty into the bay.

The Americans claimed the most eastern, as the real St.
Croix, while settlements were actually made under the authority of the government of Nova Scotia to the middle river, and the town of St.
Andrews was established on its banks.
[Footnote 28: See note, No.III.at the end of the volume.] [Sidenote: Mr.Adams appointed to negotiate with the British cabinet.] But the cause of most extensive disquiet was the rigorous commercial system pursued by Great Britain.

While colonists, the Americans had carried on a free and gainful trade with the British West Indies.
Those ports were closed against them as citizens of an independent state; and their accustomed intercourse with other parts of the empire also was interrupted by the navigation act.

To explore new channels for the commerce of the nation was, in the actual state of things, opposed by obstacles which almost discouraged the attempt.

On every side they met with rigorous and unlooked for restrictions.