Louisiana Purchase

In the writing of the constitution Jefferson wanted no part, thus validating Thomas Jefferson morally Anti-federalist; creating the republican party. Jefferson posed one subject most, Article I, section 8, clause 18. “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” In other words, giving the government power to use the national bank to carry out taxation on the United states. Jefferson believed that the constitution held no power. Thus, Jefferson tried to buy the smallest area (mainly New Orleans and most Louisiana) of the Purchase to hold a buffer zone between the United States and France, just as Georgia was the buffer zone between Spain and the United States. He proposed an offer of two million to the French; as they were interested in

Also if purchased it will be admitted into the union, but as a slave state. As stated in a letter from Rufus King to Timothy pickering, “Congress may admit new states, But can the President sign treaties forcing Congress to do so?[...] Since slavery is legal and exists in Louisiana,... Won’t we be forced to admit the new states as slave states[…] Doing so would worsen the problem of unequal representation”(Document B). Because the new states will be slave states, it will cause unequal representation to occur at an even greater scale. Also it is not right for the treaty to be forced upon the congress to sign. The Federalist problems with the new purchase that was being signed were practical reasons and not just because Jefferson had made the

We can see how Napoleon Bonaparte repeatedly opposed himself in each one of the French Revolutionist areas. Napoleon claimed to stand for Liberty, to free the people of France and provide them with justice. He planned to do this by standing for the reform the French people needed the most,

Jefferson was troubled by the fact of France owning the land, because it might scare people away to settle in the land. In response James Monroe was sent to France along with Robert Livingston to negotiate a trade for the New Orleans territory. Jefferson limited the cost to $10

Thomas Jefferson a leader of the Republican Party had long imagined an empire of Liberty that would span “North America.” (Sparknotes.com, 2014) Thomas Jefferson probably never knew beforehand that acquiring that empire would require a great deal of strain that would test his ability to make America great. Jefferson wanted America to be great and he knew that in order to do that he had to somehow act in the best interest of America to acquire Louisiana. In the midst of acquiring Louisiana Jefferson had to find the balance between the French and New Orleans.

Jefferson faced a political dilemma by having to make a difficult decision with purchasing the Louisiana. He was a very strict person involved in the constitution. The federal government had a very hard time dealing with the constitution. The constitution would not give the federal government enough power to purchase it from France. Jefferson was an anti-federalist, although he wrote the constitution he did not agree to author it. He also faced the fact about deciding whether purchasing and acquiring land was even legal. On top of that there was also cons Jefferson dealt with. A con was that the United States would have to protect a larger nation with purchasing the Louisiana. The United States would also have to be careful with how the Americans explored the land and settled. Thomas Jefferson had a lot going on after

Although there were a few doubts at the time, the Louisiana Purchase was extremely beneficial to the United States. It was “One of the most colossal land transactions in history”(1), containing modern-day Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska; as well as parts of Minnesota, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and two Canadian provinces: Alberta and Saskatchewan. It doubled the amount of land the U.S. owned. “Bigger land area also meant for more farming lands and more places for various business enterprises”(2). With the expansion of the United States farther west, came the total availability of New Orleans and the Mississippi River. This provided security and protection for the states east of the Mississippi and opened up

President Thomas Jefferson faced many moral dilemmas during the process of deciding to purchase the territory, the moral predicaments that president Thomas Jefferson faced was going against the constitution, going in major debt to pay for the territory, and also faced many issues with foreign policy almost exclusively between the countries Spain and France. President Jefferson was put in a situation that no other leader of our young country had ever been in, and he stressed about breaking his own moral code to make the correct decision for his nation.

Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to

New American settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains depended on river transportation to transport their goods because overland trade was very expensive and impractical. Also, the United States wanted a tract of land on the lower Mississippi. James Monroe, the primary negotiator in Paris, was empowered to obtain New Orleans and West Florida for anywhere between two and ten million dollars. Surprisingly, however, Napoleon offered much more. The United States was given the opportunity to buy the Louisiana Territory, which stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. This one transaction doubled the physical size of the United States and cost our nation fifteen million dollars. Fifteen million dollars came out to approximately three cents an acre. Now this seems like a relatively small sum for such a massive amount of land, but it was still a gigantic price tag for the modest federal budget of the day.

Napoleon owned Louisiana and threatened to block American access to if that deal was broken Napoleon would block American access to the port in New Orleans. The importance of this port is crucial to the American providence because any other export method is impractical, costly, and most of all time consuming (this is an age where your mail will take at least 3-4 months). Due to the circumstance of access to international markets, a crucial need for expansion and a general threat to American interests Jefferson considered going to join Britain for an anti-France alliance. But before the threat of war, he sent diplomats to France to bargain for access and relations and diplomats to Britain to pursue more options. Luckily James Monroe and Robert Livingston were there to negotiate with France on the issue of buying New Orleans and West Florida for about two million dollars, but that was rejected and later bargained up for 10 million dollars. Thankfully Napoleon was desperate from overextending his military and offered to sell the entire Louisiana territory for 15 million (a couple cents an acre). This was probably the best

He was envisioning an empire including Louisiana, Florida, French Guiana, and the French West Indies. Knowing the key to the areas he wanted to further capture, the ideas of the revolution reached the many peoples in Saint Domingue. Those who heard demanded that the National Assembly give them the same privileges as the people of France. Napoleon decided that, after the fact that so many demanded the privilege, he took back the country that used to be the main producer of sugar. Although he had the power to take it back, his forces were sick and riddled with disease. This proved that the rebels were fierce fighters. After the failure of this battle, he decided to sell the Louisiana territory back to the United States. The selling of this territory made his total focus rest on the takeover of the European territories. Throughout the time he had in between these two events, he created the Napoleonic

Napoleon was able to control the countries neighboring the French empire with his significant military resources. Napoleons military was so good that they won almost every battle they fought in. With their amazing military they started controlling the countries that they won battles against. Their military got so good because the military had money. Napoleon tried to make money when he gained power of the sugar producing colony of Saint Dominique. When that ended up failing he had to figure out a new way to make money. They got money by selling the Louisiana territory to the United States in 1803 for $15 million.

BRONZE: I think the French people accepted Napoleon as their sole leaser because they saw he was brave, fearless, and ruthless. All these characteristics he had made them confident that he would keep thing under control providing a sense of security and

Napoleon had a lot on his plate, he had to keep Order and people under control within the French Empire, but along with that he had to keep order outside of it also. These are both very important to have a successful and powerful empire, but in my opinion keeping order within the empire is the most important. There are many reasons I