1. The historical context of this assignment is relatively clear. It tells about the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States, and the controversies and complications of assimilating this newly acquired territory in our country. The President was Thomas Jefferson. He purchased Louisiana because it was a well coveted territory, mostly by the U.S. Not only was it a huge piece of land that could grow Americas size immensely, but commerce was huge there. Also tensions were high with France, who was seemed to be constantly at war. Jefferson purchased Louisiana to keep France from acquiring any…
There is a lot of disharmony within the government of the Louisiana colony. The King appoints Antoine Crozat to become the proprietor of Louisiana (40). Crozat, has no interest in Louisiana and proved that by never stepping foot on its land. He has full authority that a governor would have, but since he is estranged from Louisiana, it makes it hard for the settlers to follow his rules. The settlers are more apt to listening to Sieur de Bienville, who is present in Louisiana and is the acting commandant and military commander (39).…
After taking command of the battered American army in the South, Major General Nathanael Greene divided his forces in December 1780. While Greene led one wing of the army towards supplies at Cheraw, SC, the other, commanded by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, moved to attack the British supply lines and stir up support in the back country. Aware the Greene had split his forces, Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis dispatched an 1,100-man force under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton to destroy Morgan's command. A bold leader, Tarleton was notorious for atrocities committed by his men at earlier battles.…
In Building the Devil’s Empire, Shannon Dawdy describes rogue colonialism as “the influence of those individuals on the ground who pushed colonial frontiers in their own self-interest”(p. 37). Instead of colonialism in the interests of king and country, colonialism is in the interests of the settlers who first established themselves in Louisiana. It is defined by self-interests of the settlers as well as a mutiny against monarchical colonialism. In its place, self-tailoring, individuality, and the influence of leaders and their own individual needs came to shape and mold the colonization processes of Louisiana. These reasons show how Dawdy’s definition represents Louisiana’s colonial period well.…
The purchase of the Louisiana territory was very important in the expansion of the United States. The purchase expanded the size of the United States to almost double its size. The president Thomas Jefferson bought the land from France for 15 million dollars. Napoleon needed money for a upcoming war with Great Britain so he sold the land to the United States. Napoleon also hoped that by selling the land to the United States it would challenge the control of Great Britain in Northern America. France was going to war with Great Britain and hoped they would get mad at the United States and France could side with the States and get help in the war. The purchase of the Louisiana territory was very important in shaping the future…
Louisiana Purchase - Louisiana Purchase I believe that the Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest impacts on American society because of the large amount of land and how it helped our economy. In this report you will see how lucky that the United States is to have obtained this large piece of land from France. Their are many reasons why Napoleon had to sell this large piece of land. Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to do with it. He didn’t want to sell the Louisiana territory because he still had…
Louisiana was claimed for France in 1682. Unlike other New World establishers the French were apart of the Catholic denomination. The French Catholics did not have strict specific rules about certain things you could not eat or certain cultural activities. Did you know that Mardi Gras is a Catholic holiday after all. In the French religion, the word Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday”.…
This article shares the many views of Thomas Jefferson on the issue of slavery and how Haiti shaped his views. The author outlines the ways that the French attempt to regain control over St. Domingue. Finally, the article provides a connection from the slave revolt to the Louisiana…
In the 1800 over more than one million settlers lived between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi River. This event was called the biggest land of property dealing in the history of the United States of America. The Louisiana territory was the major importance to all people who wanted it. It was like a hot potato between countries and foreigners for Europeans. The on and off game with the territory was back and forth. France was the first to have it in its grasp but the power was lost to Spain in 1762 but was retrived back to France, 40 years later. Louisiana was like a championship that was fought for many times.…
With America noticing the decline the started an airlift to transport food and necessities to the eastern half. The USSR the head of Warsaw put up what was called the iron curtain (seen in image 1) to block any outside help. The Iron Curtain was both a physical and an ideological division that represented the way Europe was viewed after World War II. To the east of the…
The Louisiana Flipchart states, “828,000 square miles for about 3 cents an acre...doubled the size of U.S.”(Louisiana Purchase Flipchart). Before the Revolution, the U.S. was just thirteen colonies, and even after the war America only gained the land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains. This purchase more than doubled the size of the country, leading it to gain more land to the west, as well as other territories such as Hawaii or Alaska. “[The Louisiana Purchase] began America’s habit of gaining foreign land and people by purchase”(Louisiana Purchase Flipchart). The only land that the U.S. attained not by purchase was the original thirteen colonies, and the land that the British owned beyond the Appalachian Mountains, which we obtained after we won the Revolution. This shows how America is a peaceful country, not wishing to wage war unless it’s necessary, and how the purchase lead to the U.S. becoming a major superpower in the world, along with Great Britain and France. The Louisiana Purchase greatly impacted America by the discovery of flora and fauna, as well as cartography, which lead to western expansion. The massive gain in land also influenced our country by leading it to become a global…
The French Quarter of New Orleans was one of many parts along the Mississippi river area affected by the French Empire. The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carre (Old Square in French) , is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. It was founded by naval officer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1721. It was originally founded as a military style grid. The neighborhood is not very big, with only an area of 0.66 square miles. Bienville was the governor for John Law’s Company of the Indies. New Orleans has gone under many different periods of rule throughout its history. It first was with the French, then it was given to the Spanish, then the Louisiana Purchase occurred, and ever since it has been…
On July first, Lee assembled his army in the town of Gettysburg. When the find two…
Clendinnen, Inga, “Fierce and Unnatural Cruelty”: Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico”, representations, No 33, 1991, pp. 65-100.…
How and why did the accounts of the storming of the winter palace in October 1917 differ in the film October and in the book : “A people’s tragedy : The Russian revolution 1891-1924 “ ?…