LOUISIANA+PURCHASE

LOUISIANA PURCHASE author,Terrance Y

//"It is the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; and saying to him when of age, I did this for your own good."// – Thomas Jefferson, rationalizing his unconstitutional authorization of the Louisiana Purchase

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//During the time France was making a deal to buy an area of 2 million Sq Km (800,00Sq Mi) the deal was called the Louisiana Purchase. It extended from the Mississippi River all the way to the Rocky Mountains. The price they paid for this land was 60 million francs about 15 million (11,250,000 American dollars) was paid directly, with the balance to be covered by the assumption by the United States of French debts to American citizens.//======

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 **//The Louisiana Purchase//** ====== 

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Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte had a vision of a renewed western empire for France, and his schemes included the recapture of Louisiana from Spain. Control over this vast territory would halt the westward expansion of the young United States and would supply French colonies in the West Indies with the goods they needed. In 1800, Napoleon signed the secret Treaty of Ildefonso with Spain, an agreement that stipulated that France would provide Spain with a kingdom for the son-in-law of Spain's king if Spain would return Louisiana to France. However, Napoleon's plan collapsed when the twelve-year revolt of slaves and free blacks in the French colony of Saint-Domingue succeeded, forcing French troops to return defeated to France and preventing them from reaching their ultimate destination--Louisiana--and from being able to defend it. As Napoleon's New World empire disintegrated, the loss of Haiti made Louisiana unnecessary.======