Louisiana Creole people

Don't you think that the date of the Louisiana Purchase should be a holiday? The U.S. had nearly doubled because of the territory bought by the government. Imagine all of those people living in Central and Western America. Those people should be thankful for the Louisiana Purchase. Thomas Jefferson was the president at the time who had bought the "New Land". People from the Thirteen colonies immigrated to the new territory and lead them to an adventurous journey moving to the west. In 1803, the…

these new lands, the country expects that the gains of these new territories will bring positive circumstances as opposed to negative effects. Fortunately, through the acquisition of the Louisiana territory in 1803 and Puerto Rico in 1899, we as a country have greatly benefitted. During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States greatly depended on the movement of goods through the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River was, at the time, part of the French territory. Eventually,…

territory would possibly be in the hands of someone else today. The key people involved helped bring the country strength, unity, momentum, and expansion to allow the country to grow into America. The effects, short and long, gave the country some positive feedback, helping the nation learn and grow from its experiences. While also giving the nation some more issues to deal with that came along with the territory. Altogether the Louisiana territory was a positive turning point in the history of…

acquired undisputed ownership of the Mississippi River as part of the Louisiana Purchase add to that the invention of the steamboat in 1811 and you have the ingredients for a successful trade route and a recipe for economic growth for the whole country. By 1819, 191 steamships were calling at New Orleans. It cheaper to send…

As America was developing as a new, independent country, many topics were up for debate. The Constitution was created to answer most of them, but many problems arose that people had trouble defining constitutional or unconstitutional. One of the major issues was the purchasing of the Louisiana Territory from France. The Louisiana Purchase was a worthwhile purchase for America because of the new resources it brought, it doubled the size of the country, strengthened the relationship with the…

$15 million Thats how much the Louisiana purchase cost. Around 1758-1831 Jefferson sent future U.S. president James Monroe to Paris to aid Livingston in the New Orleans purchase talks. Shortly before Monroe's arrival the French asked Livingston if the United States wanted to purchase the Territory of Louisiana. One of the main reasons the Louisiana purchase was important is because The it gave the U.S. control of the Mississippi River and the city of New Orleans. They were used by…

encourage the annexation of Oregon Territory and California. The Democrats were the biggest supporter of the manifest destiny. They were in the northeastern states. Westward expansion Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million in 1803. The Louisiana Territory extends to the Mississippi River to…

the Mississippi River and other main rivers”.(Herring,2008) Another example is ” Spain agreed to trade Louisiana to France,passing the problem on to someone else”.(Deverell,White,2006) My…

Jefferson then sent Livingston to France to negotiate the purchasing of land. Livingston was instructed not to spend over two million dollars to purchase New Orleans and as much adjacent land as possible. Surprisingly, Napoleon offered all the Louisiana for fifteen million dollars to the United States. Thomas Jefferson…

Dear editor, I think that the United States ,Thomas Jefferson, and Congress should buy the Louisiana territory because not only would we get New Orleans and we would get the Louisiana territory which has the Mississippi River. First of all if we buy the Louisiana Territory we would have way more land. It says that there is over half of the U.S. in this purchase. Why would Thomas Jefferson not buy it, who cares if it's not constitutional! I Shirley wouldn't. We would over double the size of…