This paper is about the Louisiana Purchase. The land was purchased by the United States in the year 1803. “The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States undisputed control of the Mississippi Valley and the heart of the North American continent, an area of centuries-old contention among France, Spain, Great Britain, and more recently the United States.”
The region was first explored by the French who had taken the territory of Quebec, province of Canada, and current who followed the banks of the River, turning it into a high-profile route. The French rivaled the British occupation of North America. The first came to be owners of big territorial portion, winning great expansion. But British counter was too powerful, resulting in the reconquista …show more content…
The French left the gathering in what is present day Canada. The Louisiana territory stood out from the start to be a multicultural region. Possession moved between French and Spanish, and then eventually to the United States. The purchase happened in 1803, when the territory was acquired from the French. At the time, 15 million dollars was paid (more than $300 million in current values) so that Americans could attach the region as one more State. The total area of Louisiana is approximately 828,000 square miles. Divide the amount paid on the purchase of the area of the territory, the amount paid by the United States was relatively low. The original Louisiana, belonging to the French, was much larger than the current territory that is an integral state of the United States. It was a vast territory that answered for approximately 23% of the country from British colonization. The British expanded across the continent, leaving the French in portions and restricted and strategically weakened. The sale of Louisiana was …show more content…
This city was in Spanish hands and had a treaty whereby traders settled upstream had the right to use the port as a winery, but in 1801 the Spanish Governor in turn forbade the deposit of American goods, and it was this incident that triggered the crisis of Louisiana. The solution that occurred to Jefferson was simple and bright, because it was able to make a geopolitical analysis and estimate your chances correctly: proposed to buy or rent the port (or a place near the mouth of the river) to solve this problem, the transit of merchandise. The purchase would have to make to France, and sent their agents to negotiate with Napoleon, who had already thought through the matter and came to the following conclusions: France could not settle and defend the Louisiana accordingly, was a property useless had to get rid of it in the most convenient way possible the best would be to sell it to the United States, which was a friendly country, and not England, who were at
The region was first explored by the French who had taken the territory of Quebec, province of Canada, and current who followed the banks of the River, turning it into a high-profile route. The French rivaled the British occupation of North America. The first came to be owners of big territorial portion, winning great expansion. But British counter was too powerful, resulting in the reconquista …show more content…
The French left the gathering in what is present day Canada. The Louisiana territory stood out from the start to be a multicultural region. Possession moved between French and Spanish, and then eventually to the United States. The purchase happened in 1803, when the territory was acquired from the French. At the time, 15 million dollars was paid (more than $300 million in current values) so that Americans could attach the region as one more State. The total area of Louisiana is approximately 828,000 square miles. Divide the amount paid on the purchase of the area of the territory, the amount paid by the United States was relatively low. The original Louisiana, belonging to the French, was much larger than the current territory that is an integral state of the United States. It was a vast territory that answered for approximately 23% of the country from British colonization. The British expanded across the continent, leaving the French in portions and restricted and strategically weakened. The sale of Louisiana was …show more content…
This city was in Spanish hands and had a treaty whereby traders settled upstream had the right to use the port as a winery, but in 1801 the Spanish Governor in turn forbade the deposit of American goods, and it was this incident that triggered the crisis of Louisiana. The solution that occurred to Jefferson was simple and bright, because it was able to make a geopolitical analysis and estimate your chances correctly: proposed to buy or rent the port (or a place near the mouth of the river) to solve this problem, the transit of merchandise. The purchase would have to make to France, and sent their agents to negotiate with Napoleon, who had already thought through the matter and came to the following conclusions: France could not settle and defend the Louisiana accordingly, was a property useless had to get rid of it in the most convenient way possible the best would be to sell it to the United States, which was a friendly country, and not England, who were at