Transcript louisana purchase

Manifest Destiny:
Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase 1803
United States purchased Louisiana
from France in 1803
 President Jefferson wanted to explore
the west.
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Map of the Louisiana Purchase
Map of Louisiana Purchase
1803-1809
A Journal of the Voyages and Travels
of a Corps of Discovery...
Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1812.
Robert R. Livingston
In 1801, he was
selected by
President Thomas
Jefferson to
Minister to the
Court of Napoleon
 He negotiated the
Louisiana
Purchase.
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According to Robert R. Livingston
"Let France cede to the United States so much of Louisiana as lies above the
mouth of the River Arkansas. By this, a barrier will be placed between the
Colony of France and Canada, from which she may otherwise be attacked
with the greatest facility, and driven out before she can derive any aid from
Europe. Let her retain the country lying on the west of the Mississippi and
below the Arkansas River - a country capable of supporting fifteen millions of
inhabitants. By this, she will place a barrier between the United States and
Mexico, if (which I hope will never be the case) they should have the wild idea
of carrying their arms into that country, and at the same time be at hand to
protect the Spanish establishments against the ambitious views of any
European Power. Ler her possess East Florida as far as the River Perdido,
with all ports on the Gulf, cede West Florida, New Orleans, and the territory
on the east bank of Mississippi, to the United States ...." Livingston argued
that it would be good policy for France to cede the territories gratuitously to
the United States, yet the latter would be willing to purchase them "at a price
suited to their value." 3
President Jefferson requested the
purchase of Louisiana
First they were to offer anything
up to fifty million francs for New
Orleans and the Floridas, which
would give the US the whole east
bank of the Mississippi, and the
Gulf Coast to the eastward. If
France refused, three quarters of
the sum should be offered for the
Island of New Orleans alone; or
space on the east bank should be
purchased for an American port.
Failing here, they must press for
a perpetual guarantee of their
rights of navigation and deposit.'
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Lewis & Clark
1804 Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark explored the West
 Lewis and Clark convey the message
that US owned the territory to the
Indians
 They taught the Indians how to
protect themselves from smallpox
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Lewis & Clark
Sacagawea, who was
a slave, helped Lewis
and Clark travel
around Indian country.
 It took Lewis and
Clark 2 yrs and 8,000
miles to explore the
new country
 Lewis and Clark
“penetrated the
continent”.
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Lewis and Clark Journals
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According to their
journals, what did
Lewis and Clark
discover?
Excerpt from Lewis and Clark
Journal: Volume 1 page 33
 Some
account of the Pawnee Indians-Council held with the Otto and Missouri
Indians--Council held with another
party of the Ottoes--Death of sergeant
Floyd--The party encamp near the
mouth of Whitestone river--The
character of the Missouri, with the
rivers that enters it--The surrounding
country--The various islands, bays,
creeks, &c. given in the course of the
expedition.
Excerpt from Lewis and Clark
Journal: Volume 1 page 33
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Our camp is by observation in latitude 41° 3' 11'.
Immediately behind it is a plain about five miles
wide, one half covered with wood, the other dry
and elevated. The low grounds on the south near
the junction of the two rivers, are rich, but
subject to be overflowed. Farther up, the banks
are higher, and opposite our camp the first hills
approach the river, and are covered with timber,
such as oak, walnut, and elm. The intermediate
country is watered by the Papillon, or Butterfly
creek, of about eighteen yards wide, and three
miles from the Platte; on the north are high open
plains and prairies, and at nine miles from the
Platte, the Musquitoe creek, and two or three
small willow islands.
Excerpt from Lewis and Clark
Journal: Volume 1 page 33
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We stayed here several days, during which we dried
our provisions, made new oars, and prepared our
despatches and maps of the country we had passed,
for the president of the United States, to whom we
intend to send them by a periogue from this place.
The hunters have found game scarce in this
neighbourhood; they have seen deer, turkies, and
grouse; we have also an abundance of ripe grapes;
and one of our men caught a white catfish, the eyes
of which were small, and its tail resembling that of a
dolphin.
Excerpt from Lewis and Clark
Journal: Volume 1 page 33
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The present season is that in which the
Indians go out into the prairies to hunt the
buffaloe; but as we discovered some
hunter's tracks, and observed the plains
on fire in the direction of their villages, we
hoped that they might have returned
togather the green indian corn, and
therefore despatched two men to he Ottoes
or Pawnee villages with a present of tobacco, and
an invitation to the chiefs to visit us.
Manifest Destiny:
Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail (1840-1848)
At the 49” Parallel, England and US
divided the land between themselves in
1846.
 Americans traveled from Independence,
Missouri to Portland, Oregon to settle in
the new territories.
 The Indian tribes like Chinooks, Makahs, &
Klickitats were pushed off their land.
 Many Indians died from the diseases
brought by the settlers.
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