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Louisiana Purchase (France (Leader was Napoleon Bonaparte, Owned New…
Louisiana Purchase
France
Leader was Napoleon Bonaparte
Owned New Orleans and Louisiana Purchase
Refused a $2 Million dollar offer to buy New Orleans in 1801
James Monroe and Robert Livingston offered $10 Million for New Orleans in 1803
Talleyrand offered $15 Million dollars
Monroe and Livingstone agreed to buy the territory without Jefferson's consent
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson asked for $2500 to explore the West
Directed Lewis and Clark to find the northwest passage or a water route to the West, to take detailed notes of plants, animals, and terrain, befriend the Native Americans, trade routes to the West
Followed the Missouri River
Took 1.5 years to reach the Pacific Ocean
2.5 years for the expedition and return back to St.Lois
Sacajawea was a translator, her husband was Charbaneu, a Fr
Results of Expidition
New land and resources
More political power
Farmers can store goods in New Orleans
The president of the United States is Thomas Jefferson
Makes a treaty according to Article 2, Section 2 with 2/3 vote in the Senate
Constitutional Dilemma
24 votes for, and 7 votes against, the Senate approved the Louisana Purchase
The Constitution doesn't allow the President to buy land from a foreign country