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The Louisiana Purchase. http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/louisianapurchase.html. I. The Purchase. http://totalfratmove.com/tfms-in-history-the-louisiana-purchase/comment-page-2/. A. The United States in 1803. New states in the west depended on the Mississippi River for trade - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Louisiana Purchase
http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/louisianapurchase.html
I. The Purchase
http://totalfratmove.com/tfms-in-history-the-louisiana-purchase/comment-page-2/
A. The United States in 1803
1. New states in the west depended on the Mississippi River for trade
2. The Mississippi was controlled by New Orleans – owned by Spain
http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/108lewisclark/108locate1.htm
Spain got tired of trying to keep out Americans, so they sold Louisiana and New Orleans to the French
http://mapsof.net/map/spain-flag-map#.Ubhe0JVWKgEhttp://openclipart.org
$http://www.waterplanet.ws/lewisandclark/
B. How Europe was involved
1. Napoleon wanted to rebuild France’s empire in North America
2. He started by trying to take Haiti
Why?http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2010/images/0712caribbean_haiti.jpg
3. Napoleon hope to use Haiti as a supply base
4. He was defeated in Haiti by former slave Toussaint L’ Ouverture
5. His dreams of Colonies in the Americas fell apart
http://www.historywiz.com/toussaint.htm
C. How the US Gained Louisiana
1. Jefferson sent Livingston and Monroe to France to try and buy New Orleans
2. Talleyrand was given orders by Napoleon to sell all of Louisiana for $15 million
http://history.howstuffworks.com/revolutionary-war/louisiana-purchase1.htm
II. Exploration
http://www.pershingms.org/MTT/Louisiana%20Purchase.htm
A. Lewis and Clark1. To lead the mission
Jefferson selected his personal secretary Meriwether Lewis
2. Lewis picked William Clark to co-lead
3. Goalsa. Find a water route to the
Pacificb. Report back on their
findings (Natives, plants, animals, etc…)
http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/lewis_clark/lewis_clark.html
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/
assessment/2002/08/lewis_and_clark.html
B. Native Americans
1. Were informed by Lewis and Clark that the US now owned their land
2. Some traded with and helped the Expedition (Nez Perce & Shoshone) some attacked (Teton Sioux)
http://www.native-americans-online.com/native-american-ghost-dance.html
C. Sacagawea
1. Member of the Shoshone Tribe
2. Married to a French Fur Trapper – Charbonneau
3. Reasons she wenta. Show that the mission
was peacefulb. Translatec. Get them horses
http://www.rappart.com/portfolio/0/131/9011/
D. Pike’s Exploration
1. Goal was to find the Source of the Red River
2. Discovered Pike’s Peak3. Was arrested by the
Spanish by the Rio Grande
4. Returned home a year later
http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/uslocal/west/history/pike.htm