The Louisiana Purchase
Introduction Video
Intro:
As the French Called it, Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana" was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles from France's area of Lousiana in 1803; President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans, and it doubled the size of the United States. In order to provide enough land to sustain this ideal population of virtuous yeomen, the United States would have to continue to expand.
A President looked doen upon:
Many people beleved that Jefferson's move on acquiring territory as un constitutional and they looked down upon him for it. He knew that he made a good choice but as was mentioned above, many people thought of it as "non-american" to aquire more land.
1803 Compared To Now:
We can comapre the Louisiana Purchase to now in many ways. The United States of America has 50 States. We aquired Alaska and Hawaii in the late 1900's. We bought those lands just like the US, in 1803, bought most of France's part of North America.
How this changed America forever:
If we didn't buy the French territory, we wouldn't have the vast country we have now. We would be constricted to the east-coast.
Territories of Spain that encompassed land that was part of the Louisiana Purchase:
Florida, 1565–1763
Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598–1821
Tejas, 1690–1821
Luisiana, 1764–1803
Florida Occidental, 1783–1821
Territory of France that encompassed land that was part of the Louisiana Purchase:
Louisiane, 1682–1764 and 1803
U.S. states that encompass land that was part of the Louisiana Purchase:
State of Louisiana, 1812
State of Missouri, 1821
State of Arkansas, 1836
State of Texas, 1845
State of Iowa, 1849
State of Minnesota, 1858
State of Kansas, 1861
State of Nebraska, 1867
State of Colorado, 1876
State of North Dakota, 1889
State of South Dakota, 1889
State of Montana, 1889
State of Wyoming, 1890
State of Oklahoma, 1907
State of New Mexico, 1912
U.S. territories that encompassed land that was part of the Louisiana Purchase:
Territory of Orleans, 1804–1812
District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
Territory of Arkansas, 1819–1836
Indian Territory, 1834–1907
Territory of Iowa, 1838–1849
Territory of Minnesota, 1849–1858
Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912
Territory of Kansas, 1854–1861
Territory of Nebraska, 1854–1867
Territory of Colorado, 1861–1876
Territory of Dakota, 1861–1889
Territory of Montana, 1864–1889
Territory of Wyoming, 1868–1890
Territory of Oklahoma, 1890–1907