Louisiana Purchase

massive movement that led to western expansion. Jeffersonian policies played a key role in westward expansion, 19th century America relied greatly on this growth. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803, more than doubled the size of the U.S. and opened opportunities for trade through New Orleans and the Mississippi. Before this purchase took place, American access to the Mississippi and New Orleans was blocked, resulting in a grave threat to American trade and lifestyle. Gaining access to this land…

Article 1: Buying Louisiana Before the Spanish sold Louisiana to France, America’s position in Louisiana was threatened by the Spanish governor in Louisiana who in 1802 withdrew American rights to ship good through New Orleans. After the French had gotten Louisiana from the Spanish, Jefferson decided the best way was to try and buy the New Orleans from France. Jefferson had sent his best friend James Monroe to France to make the deal. Monroe had the help of Robert Livingston, who was American…

Westward Expansion It was an American responsibility to expand westward. In 1803 president Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States when he bought the territory of Louisiana from the French for $15 million. According to Jefferson, this was crucial for America’s survival, he believed that independence goes together with owning land. Gaining land was important for America’s existence. It was for the good of the country to expand westward. It was both the people’s and the…

back from a negative situation. This quality is one not everybody possesses and is necessary for any successful leader. During Jefferson’s two term Presidency spanning from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809 his greatest accomplishments were the Louisiana Purchase which nearly double the size of the US during this time, he sponsored the Embargo Act of 1807 which eventually led the US on a path of self-sufficiency, lastly he signed the Act prohibiting importation of slaves…

was a good opportunity to buy the land from French. 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…

Johnson We see a change in America through these three changes, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine. We became more of a unified nation ,and less like a bunch of states. The first change is the Louisiana purchase. It was a originally a part of New France and exchanged hands a couple of times. In the year 1800, Spain ruled the region but a lot of American merchants and farms lived…

of land was known to be the Louisiana Purchase. While the Republicans approved of the purchase, Jefferson hesitated because there was no provision in the Constitution for adding new territory received from foreign countries. Regardless of his strict interpretation of the Constitution, Jefferson instead followed Federalist views by accepting a loose interpretation of the Constitution, which allowed him to complete the deal with France. However, the Louisiana Purchase raised objections from the…

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, the…

In all the texts, the concept of Manifest Destiny motivated Americans to try to possess something that couldn’t be possessed. Manifest Destiny is the belief that the expansion of the United States is justified and inevitable. In “American Progress”, “on Manifest Destiny”, “Reporting to the President”, by John Gast, John O’Sullivan, and Stephen Ambrose, they all are trying to possess land which can’t be kept safe or private from the Native Americans. In the painting, “American Progress”, by…