Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
I believe that the Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest impacts on
American society because of the large amount of land and how it helped our economy. In this report you will see how lucky that the United States is to have obtained this large piece of land from France. Their are many reasons why Napoleon had to sell this large piece of land.
Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to do with it. He didn't want to sell the Louisiana territory because he still had dreams of having a French empire in America. At this point in time Napoleon's dream would never come true because France was almost always at war. They didn't have enough troops to go over to America and guard the Louisiana territory. Another main concern of Napoleon was that France was running very low on money and Napoleon knew that this piece of land would get them the money that they so very needed. Napoleon stated that this was the very last resort that they would use to get money. Napoleon heard that the Americans might try and take over New Orleans by force with their continental army. Napoleon really didn't know when, but he thought that the Americans would probably try and do it when the French engage in their next war or battle. With France getting poorer and poorer and his army getting weaker and weaker he decided to give up claims on the
Louisiana territory. On April 30, 1803 Napoleon signed a treaty saying that the French were to give up the claims on the territory. The poor and tired of fighting France sold the
Louisiana territory to the United States or the Americans for about fifteen million needed dollars. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, made many great decisions and accomplished many things in and out of office. I personally think that the greatest accomplishment that Thomas Jefferson ever did was the purchase of the
Louisiana territory .Their were
I believe that the Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest impacts on
American society because of the large amount of land and how it helped our economy. In this report you will see how lucky that the United States is to have obtained this large piece of land from France. Their are many reasons why Napoleon had to sell this large piece of land.
Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to do with it. He didn't want to sell the Louisiana territory because he still had dreams of having a French empire in America. At this point in time Napoleon's dream would never come true because France was almost always at war. They didn't have enough troops to go over to America and guard the Louisiana territory. Another main concern of Napoleon was that France was running very low on money and Napoleon knew that this piece of land would get them the money that they so very needed. Napoleon stated that this was the very last resort that they would use to get money. Napoleon heard that the Americans might try and take over New Orleans by force with their continental army. Napoleon really didn't know when, but he thought that the Americans would probably try and do it when the French engage in their next war or battle. With France getting poorer and poorer and his army getting weaker and weaker he decided to give up claims on the
Louisiana territory. On April 30, 1803 Napoleon signed a treaty saying that the French were to give up the claims on the territory. The poor and tired of fighting France sold the
Louisiana territory to the United States or the Americans for about fifteen million needed dollars. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, made many great decisions and accomplished many things in and out of office. I personally think that the greatest accomplishment that Thomas Jefferson ever did was the purchase of the
Louisiana territory .Their were