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How did foreign & domestic circumstances in the early 1800’s lead the U.S. to gain the Louisiana Territory?. essential Question. Chapter 10 Section 2 Pt I. The Louisiana Purchase. By 1800, thousands of settlers were moving across the Appalachians

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  1. How did foreign & domestic circumstances in the early 1800’s lead the U.S. to gain the Louisiana Territory? essential Question

  2. Chapter 10 Section 2 Pt I The Louisiana Purchase

  3. By 1800, thousands of settlers were moving across the Appalachians • In turn, several U.S. territories declared statehood • KY, TN, & OH all joined the union by 1803 • The lands west of the Miss. River, known as Louisiana, were still in foreign hands • As the number of Americans in the west grew, though, so did their political influence • They needed access to resources controlled by foreigners to conduct their business The West in 1800

  4. A vital issue to W. farmers & merchants was use of the Miss. R. • They used this as a “highway” to transport goods through New Orleans • This gave them access to the Gulf of Mexico which allowed them to ship product to: • East Coast Cities • West Indies (Caribbean) • Europe • In 1800, the Louisiana territory (including NO) was returned via secret treaty from Spain to France • French dictator & military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, planned to colonize LA as a food growing empire The Mississippi & New Orleans

  5. In 1802, b/f turning LA over to France, Spain closed N.O. to western farmers • Angry westerners called for war • In order to avoid war, TJ sent diplomats to France in an attempt to buy N.O. • He authorized them to spend up to $10 million for N.O. • The initial U.S. offer of $4 million was rejected The U.S. Expands

  6. France’s counteroffer, though, was quite surprising • France offered all of LA, including N.O., for $15 million ($.03/acre) • TJ accepted the offer, but w/ HEAVY reservations • The Const. said nothing about a President buying land • In the end, the LA Purchase, was acceptable to TJ b/c a nation based on yeoman farmers needed land Counteroffer & Purchase

  7. What problem troubled Jefferson most about the purchase of LA? • All the new land might cause factory workers to move west • The Constitution did not empower the president to buy land • The Natives in the area refused to sign U.S. treaties • France was selling the land for much less than it was worth Summary/Quiz Question

  8. A number of factors influenced Napoleon to offer LA to the U.S. • He was alarmed at how insistent the U.S. was over keeping NO open • He had lost his enthusiasm to colonize the U.S. b/c of a disastrous revolt on the island of Haiti * The uprising, led by African slaves, had resulted in major losses for the French • France needed $$$ b/c of its costly war w/ Britain * The $15 Million that the U.S. offered was more valuable to Napoleon’s war efforts than owning LA Why did France Sell LA?

  9. Why was Napoleon willing to sell LA to the U.S. for so little money? • Napoleon decided to concentrate on regaining French Canada • Lewis & Clark told Napoleon the land was worthless • Napoleon needed money to fight his wars in Europe • Napoleon planned to reclaim LA after the European wars were over Summary/Quiz Question

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