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Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson's Diplomacy Triumph

Learn about how President Thomas Jefferson executed a shrewd diplomatic maneuver to secure the Louisiana Purchase from a financially strained Napoleon Bonaparte, doubling the size of the United States.

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Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson's Diplomacy Triumph

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  1. Ch. 6 Spanish Louisiana Pt 4

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte • After killing the French king, French general Napoleon Bonaparte became dictator of France • He wants Louisiana back

  3. Treaty of San Ildefonso • Fall of 1800 • Napoleon forced Spain to SECRETLY give Louisiana back to France. • Spain could not fight the French military. • Spain still ran the colony until the French could get enough military to Louisiana • Rumors circulate & President Thomas Jefferson is very worried that France wants to attack the U.S.

  4. The U.S. Becomes Concerned

  5. WWJD: What Will Jefferson Do? • Jefferson knew he couldn’t win a war with France for control of the Mississippi River & New Orleans • Jefferson would try to BUY the land • Robert Livingston worked out a deal for the land and James Monroe went to France to talk to Napoleon.

  6. Napoleon Sells!! • He agrees to sell Louisiana to the United States • Napoleon agrees because: • France is broke & he needs money to fight England • He gets money & gets rid of a colony he doesn’t need. • Napoleon lost Saint Domingue, it’s last colony in North America. ** Napoleon makes this decision in the bathtub!!**

  7. The Louisiana Purchase April 30, 1803 • Jefferson allows Monroe & Livingston to purchase Louisiana for $15 million. • About 3 cents per acre & doubles the size of the U.S. 15 states will be made. • U.S. borrowed the money from England!!

  8. Louisiana Purchase

  9. Assimilating Louisiana • The U.S. and Louisiana were both concerned. • Most U.S. people were English speaking Protestant • Most Louisianans were Catholic and spoke French, Spanish or Creole • Jefferson sent William C.C. Claiborne to take possession of Louisiana

  10. 3 Flags in 3 Weeks • Spanish Flag, French Flag & American Flag

  11. U.S. Flag Raising at the Cabildo

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