Louisiana Purchase And Manifest Destiny
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- The Louisiana purchase was the best achievement made by Thomas Jefferson .
- Thomas purchased the land in 1803 from the emperor of France, Napoleon .
- The Louisiana purchase was purchased for 15 million dollars.
- America could not afford to buy Louisiana so thy borrowed the money from Great Britain at a 6% intrest
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- In 1801 France and Spain crated a secret treaty and agreed France to keep the Louisiana territory
- France posed a threat to America and if America didn't purchase New Orleans from Napoleon then it might of lead to war
- Thomas sent messengers to go purchase New Orleans but instead they returned with an agreement to purchase the Louisiana territory .
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
- With the purchase of Louisiana territory the American territory expanded twice its original size.
- The southern and western boundaries were not included in the purchase Spain still owned these parts .
- America would have to deal with Spain to work out the boundaries .
- Thomas then sent Louis and Clark on an expedition to explore this new land.
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MANIFEST DESTINY
- Manifest destiny was when the Americans believed they're destiny was to expand west.
- Manifest destiny is when Americans started settling west .
- Manifest destiny was when many Americans agreed to move west
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MANIFEST DESTINY
- During manifest destiny many believed we shouldn't expand west
- Many believed the land belonged to Mexico .
- Others were afraid to go to war for the second time they believed the land was rightfully owned by Mexico.
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AMERICA AFTER LOUISIANA TERRITORY
- It expanded the territory
- It gave us more recourses
- It gave us a bigger place to civilize
- It gave us the Mississippi and more ways to trade with other countries
- No threat from France
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