6. 3 b: The Louisiana Purchase Minilesson: Louisiana Purchase Notes Work time: “Letter to Robert R. Livingston” – Thomas Jefferson Video: The Presidents: TJ Homework: “Letter to John Breckinridge” – Thomas Jefferson
French Acquisition • LA key area b/c ownership = control of New Orleans - center for trading up and down Mississippi R. - US preferred Spanish [weaker power] ownership • 1800: Fr. [under Napoleon] obtained control from Sp. - right before Fr. control – Spanish stopped letting Am. use NO to store goods for shipping
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Jefferson’s Response • prepared for war [Fr. occupation in middle of NA] - alliance with GB? • goal: buy NO from Fr. - James Monroe [5 th Pres. ] and Robert Livingston to Fr. • Napoleon offered entire LA territory $15 million [needed the $] • question: was it Constitutional for TJ to buy land? - not power listed in Const - violate strict interpretation stance • TJ buys it [1803] - implied powers - expansionist too good a deal • Congress approves it - doubles size of US - control of Mississippi R.
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Lewis and Clark [1804] • May 1804 TJ sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to map territory and go to Pacific Coast • L&C led Corps of Discovery – diverse group - army regulars - young adventurer-wannabes - Indian guides added along the way [Sacagawea] • September 1806 arrived back home w/ knowledge of - flora and fauna - peoples in the West
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