What do you know about the Louisiana Purchase

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What do you know about the Louisiana Purchase?
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Jeffersons Land Policies

• The Louisiana Purchase

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Napoleon and the French

• Pinckney Treaty void, once Spain gives Napoleon
  Louisiana
• France helps Spain in Itlay
• Napoleon used New Orleans to collect from
  trade along Miss. River
• Jefferson sent Monroe to Paris to buy New
  Orleans- allowed to pay up to 10 million

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Napoleon

• Napoleon wanted a French Empire in America, but
• Failed to put down Haitian Revolution
• He gives in, sells all
  French territory instead
  of just New Orleans

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Louisiana Purchase

• Robert Livingston and James Monroe act without
  permission, agreeing to 15 million, fearing
  Napoleon will withdraw the offer
• Hoped Congress would approve
• Jefferson had doubts this was Constitutional
• but urged Congress to accept

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Louisiana Purchase

• Congress approves purchase (1803)
• Land size
  basically doubles
• National debt
  greatly increases

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Lewis and Clark

• In 1804 Congress agrees to finance the expedition
• Looking for rivers to the west coast
• Make contact with natives
• Learn of resources
• Sacagawea (j) helps expedition

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Lewis and Clark

• Zebulon Pike also contributed to knowledge of the
  West
• Pikes Peak and Rocky Mountains

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Jeffersons Foreign Policy

• French warships still harassing America
• British still impressing sailors
• Leopard attacked U.S.S. Chesapeake, 21 casualties
• British refuse to apologize or stop impressments

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Jeffersons Response

• Embargo of 1807
• To punish British and French
• Outlawed trade with both countries
• Did little to France or Britain
• Instead, Embargo hurt Americans

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Embargo of 1807

• New Englanders begin smuggling
• Jefferson must enforce law
• Uses warships to enforce embargo
• Losing support, Republicans in congress repeal
  the Embargo
• James Madison elected President in 1808,
  Democratic-Republican

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War of 1812 Newspaper

• Your group must create a historically accurate
  newspaper.
• - You must find an actual newspaper that
• existed during 1812 and use its name
• - Each group member must write two full
• length articles (150 words)
• - Assign the following roles
• Editor, Layout Design, Visual Supervisor
• -Must contain newspaper typical sections, such
  as Local, Classifieds, Advertisements, and
  Obituaries