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CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER American Farmers like me used the Mississippi River to ship wheat and corn to market.
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THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
1 Million Americans lived between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River in 1800!
There were few roads west of the Mississippi River
CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
American Farmers like me
used the Mississippi River
to ship wheat and corn to
market.
CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
We carry wheat and corn to New Orleans on the
river in keelboats like this dandy!
Mississippi River
Ocean going ships carried produce to ports along the Atlantic coast.
Spanish Flag
New Orleans
1795 New Orleans was owned by Spain
North America
• Threatened to close the port to Americans
1795 New Orleans was owned by Spain
You silly Americans! Get out of New
Orleans! On guard!
New Orleans• Spain gave the port back to
France in 1801• Napoleon tried to conquer
Europe• With control of New Orleans,
was he going to try and conquer America
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Ladies love my hair!
France Expands its Empire to Haiti
• Haiti was the richest French Colony in the Caribbean
• Enslaved Africans worked plantations
• Toussaint L’Ouverture led a revolt to free slaves
• French never again took control of Haiti
Haiti
On No! I can’t control the slaves, even with my cool
hat!
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Louisiana PurchaseWe should buy New Orleans
from the French because they keep messing with our
trade there.
Send for Mr. Livingston.
Thomas Jefferson
NEW ORLEANS
The Louisiana PurchaseYes, Mr.
President? Take $15 million and go buy New Orleans from
the French!
Thomas Jefferson
Robert Livingston
• Livingston bought all of Louisiana from the French
• The French needed money and wanted out of America
• He paid $15 million
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana PurchaseI don’t just want New Orleans, I want all of Louisiana. . .thank you very much!
How much will you pay . . .
Yankee?How about $15
million? . . . That’s my final
offer!
We need money for our war with England. . .and I love crepes. I
will take it!
John Livingston Napoleon Bonaparte
• 800,000 square miles• Greatest land deal in
American history• Doubled the size of the U.S
The Louisiana Purchase
