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Louisiana Purchase Period Four (Results (doubled the size of the UNITED…
Louisiana Purchase Period Four
France
Napoleon Bonaparte, leader of France
Refused to sell New Orleans for $2,000,000 in 1801
Jefferson offered $10,000,000 for New Orleans in 1803
Bonaparte Offered to Sell the Louisiana Territory for $15,000,000
Livingston and Monroe accepted the offer for $15,000,000 dollars for the Louisiana Territory
President Jefferson, President of the US
Constitutional Dilemma
President cannot buy land directly
Treaty with France to purchase the Land
Senate approved the purchase 24 votes for 7 votes againts
Bought the Louisiana Territory for %15,000,000
Lewis and Clark Expidition
Jefferson directed that they find the Northwest passage, water routes, plants, terrain, befriend any Native Americans and can it be settled
Corps of discovery
It took 2.5 years to reach the Pacific Ocean
Results
doubled the size of the UNITED STATES
US control of the Mississippi RIver
Farmers could could store goods in New Orleans
Increased trade and commerce
France could not attack the US
More political pwer
Westward expansion
Nation Unity