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Lewis and Clark: The Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark: The Louisiana Purchase. Over in Europe…. Napoleon of France is fighting a growing war with Great Britain Wars are expensive Napoleon needs money. The Offer. Jefferson orders Monroe to get whatever he can for $10 Million

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Lewis and Clark: The Louisiana Purchase

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  1. Lewis and Clark:The Louisiana Purchase

  2. Over in Europe… • Napoleon of France is fighting a growing war with Great Britain • Wars are expensive • Napoleon needs money

  3. The Offer • Jefferson orders Monroe to get whatever he can for $10 Million • Napoleon offers to cede (give up) ALL of Louisiana for $15 million • 3 cents per acre of land

  4. Jefferson’s Dilemma • Jeffersonian Democracy argues that the federal government can’t do things that aren’t written in the Constitution • Jefferson’s OWN philosophy makes this deal unconstitutional

  5. An Offer He Can’t Refuse… • Jefferson abandons his principles and makes the purchase • Doubles the size of the United States • Sets America on the path toward being a continental nation

  6. Lewis and Clark • Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory • Lewis and Clark spend two years exploring the west and reach the Pacific Ocean • Aided by Sacagawea and York, a slave

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