• The Louisiana Territory stretched south to the New Orleans and west to the Rocky Mountains.

• In the 1800's pioneers moved west in search of land.

• Spanish had controlled the region but at first let Americans to sail down to the lower Mississippi and trade in New Orleans.

• Spanish and France had secretly agreed to transfer the land over to France.

• Americans became no longer allowed to move there goods threw the New Orleans.

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​Where and what is Louisiana territory?

• The France and Spain Agreement posed a serious threat to the U.S.

• The French would put the trade along the Mississippi river at risk and would be crucial for the ones who live there.

• Congress authorized Robert Livingston as much as 10 million for the territory.

• It would also offer up cheap land for farmers in the future.

• They would also have control of the Mississippi River.

​ Why did the u.s want to Buy the Louisiana Territory?

• The events at Saint Domingue ruined his Napoleon Bonaparte ( Frances leader) dreams of a Western Hemisphere.

• Napoleon tried to regain control of Saint Domingue but failed and the country took the original name Haiti.

• Without Saint Domingue Napoleon had little use for the territory.

• France also needed money to finance there war against Britain.

• So to solve Napoleons money problem he decided to sell the territory.

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​why was France willing to sell The Louisiana Territory?

• Thomas Jefferson who was the president of the U.S who bought the territory.

• Robert Livingston who was a U.S representative who was told about the sale of the territory and told the Thomas Jefferson.

• Napoleon Bonaparte who was Frances leader and sold the territory to the U.S.

• Congress which authorized the 10 million to buy the territory.

• The Spanish who secretly transferred the territory to France.

​​Who where the key figures involved?

• They doubled the size of the U.S when they bought the territory.

• It also strengthened the U.S materially and strategically.

• The people believed Jefferson over stepped his Constitutional authority in buying the land.

• Some did try to bock the purchase but failed and they found no record of it belonging to France to try to end it that way.

• This also made a treaty between France and the U.S

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​What Imideiete effect did the purchase have on the u.S?