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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Notes2
•Great Britain after the Revolution.
•United States after War
•Spanish land after Revolution
Spanish Land Spanish Land 18001800
New Orleans
•Great Britain after the Revolution.
•United States after War
•Spanish land
French Land French Land in 1801in 1801
New Orleans
•1800, France acquired Spanish Louisiana & New Orleans
•Because of pressure from the west and national security threats, Jefferson offered to buy New Orleans from France
•Offered Napoleon $10 million to buy New Orleans•If sale fails, instructed to seek alliance with England
•1800, France acquired Spanish Louisiana & New Orleans
•Because of pressure from the west and national security threats, Jefferson offered to buy New Orleans from France
•Offered Napoleon $10 million to buy New Orleans•If sale fails, instructed to seek alliance with England
•Great Britain after the Revolution.
•United States after War
•Spanish land
French Land French Land in 1801in 1801
New Orleans
Louisiana purchase
•Since Napoleon was at war with Great Britain he offered entire
Louisiana Territory to US for $15 million
•Needed the money for his war with Great Britain
•Jefferson purchased Louisiana Territory for $15 million, about 3
cents an acre
•Doubled the size of the US
•Jefferson’s greatest accomplishment
•Why? Didn’t fight a war, no blood shed.
•Since Napoleon was at war with Great Britain he offered entire
Louisiana Territory to US for $15 million
•Needed the money for his war with Great Britain
•Jefferson purchased Louisiana Territory for $15 million, about 3
cents an acre
•Doubled the size of the US
•Jefferson’s greatest accomplishment
•Why? Didn’t fight a war, no blood shed.
LP Constitutional ?
Does the President have the right to purchase land if it is not expressed in the
US Constitution?Jefferson used implied powersimplied powers or loose loose
constructionconstruction to justify his decision“It was for the best interest of the nation. It is the case of a
guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; and saying to him when of age, I did this for your good; I pretend to no right to
bind you; you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can: I thought it my duty to risk myself for
you.”
Madison to JeffersonMadison to Jefferson
““Mr. President, you are only extending this republic over a Mr. President, you are only extending this republic over a larger area of land.”larger area of land.”
LP Constitutional ?
Does the President have the right to purchase land if it is not expressed in
the US Constitution?
•Hamilton and Federalists were against this purchase
•Why? Population shift takes Federalist power away in Congress
•Feared Jefferson’s vision of an “agrarian “agrarian society”society”
•Jefferson referred to this as his “valley of “valley of democracy”democracy”
Map 6 of 45
Expansion of the United States
Map 7 of 45
Expansion of the United Stateswith Louisiana Purchase 1803
•Spring, 1804: Jefferson sends personal secretary Meriwether Lewis and army officer William Clark to explore north
Louisiana
• Corp of Discovery: 28 men who accompanied Lewis/Clark.
•Exploration yielded maps, knowledge of Indians, overland trail to Pacific
• President Jefferson wanted to find the Northwest Passage
• United States’ claim to the Pacific Northwest
•Spring, 1804: Jefferson sends personal secretary Meriwether Lewis and army officer William Clark to explore north
Louisiana
• Corp of Discovery: 28 men who accompanied Lewis/Clark.
•Exploration yielded maps, knowledge of Indians, overland trail to Pacific
• President Jefferson wanted to find the Northwest Passage
• United States’ claim to the Pacific Northwest
•Interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark
•Her knowledge of trails and mountain passes helped with the success of the expedition.
•She was also a “diplomat” for Lewis and Clark. Many tribes
had never seen white men before.
•Her presence with a baby was looked upon as good and
Lewis and Clark were considered peaceful.
•Interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark
•Her knowledge of trails and mountain passes helped with the success of the expedition.
•She was also a “diplomat” for Lewis and Clark. Many tribes
had never seen white men before.
•Her presence with a baby was looked upon as good and
Lewis and Clark were considered peaceful.
Map LP/3