LOUISIANA PURCHASE

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•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”

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Expansion of the United States

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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.

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