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treaty of San Ildefonso
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1.transfers LA from spain to france.
2. if france ever wants to get rid of LA spain has first dibs on it, 3. napoleon wants world domination( LA is used to support haitti) |
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Why does spain want france to offer LA to them first?
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because the dont want the U.S. to get it because if they do then they will own 2/3 of the land.
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Reasons that the U.S. wanted to purchase LA
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spain has suspended right of deposit
they dont want napoleon to have the land next to them because he is scary |
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what is right of deposit
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the U.S. being able to access the new orleans port
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reasons france wanted to sell LA
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napoleon has lost control of hatti
because of the slave rebellion and he needed money to fight war with england |
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why did the france want LA from spain
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because they needed a colony to support the troops in hatti
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who led the slave rebellion
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toussaint L' ouverture
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what did napoleon do to stop slave rebellion
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he sent 20,000 french soldiers, but they got bit by mosquitoes, caught yellow fever and died
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what did the LA purchase treaty do?
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transferred LA from france to the U.S.
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people involved in the treaty
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thomas jefferson- president of U.S.
napoleon bonaparte- leader of france robert livingston-diplomat for U.S. james monroe- diplomat for U.S. |
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what is a diplomat
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a person who negotiates with other countries
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french diplomat
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francis barbe-marbois
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what was the agreement on purchasing LA
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Livingston and Monroe were authorized to spend 91/2 million dollars to buy the port and the little bit of land around it.
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what really happened when they were purchasing LA
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Barbe-Marbois offers all land for 221/2 million
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