Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase refers to the 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for US $15 million.
The Purchase of Louisiana from France in October 1803 almost doubled the size of united states and got more global power
Reasons why France sold Louisiana to United states.
-France was about to go to war with Britain and Napoleon,And did not want to fight both countries at once
-They had no troop in Louisiana at that time
-Napoleon needed the money for its troops
-France was about to go to war with Britain and Napoleon,And did not want to fight both countries at once
-They had no troop in Louisiana at that time
-Napoleon needed the money for its troops
Thomas Jefferson
Quick summary:
Thomas Jefferson original goal was to buy the little land near the Pacific ocean which is now called Bilaxi in Louisiana for 7.5 million dollars but when he went to the french they offered him a great deal to buy the whole entire land which at that time was called Louisiana for 15 million. Thomas Jefferson thought a lot about it and his end decision was to buy the whole land.
Thomas Jefferson original goal was to buy the little land near the Pacific ocean which is now called Bilaxi in Louisiana for 7.5 million dollars but when he went to the french they offered him a great deal to buy the whole entire land which at that time was called Louisiana for 15 million. Thomas Jefferson thought a lot about it and his end decision was to buy the whole land.
Interesting facts about the Louisiana Purchase:
- The Louisiana Purchase would have cost $233 million in 2011 dollars. That's around 42 cents per acre.
- Some historians claim that Napoleon had no right to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States.
- The issue of slavery in the western lands of the Louisiana Purchase became a major issue in later years and part of the cause of the American Civil War.
- The land had been owned by Spain for a while before they sold it back to France in 1800.
- Napoleon didn't mind selling the land to the United States because he thought it would hurt his enemy England.
- The original price of $15 million worked out to around 3 cents an acre.