After the French and Indian
After the French and Indian
The Louisiana Purchase meant 15 million dollars in the French’s hands, and nearly 827,000 acres of land in the United State’s hands. It was a win-win situation. The French could finally finish paying off their debts from their revolution, and the United States…
After “The Ten Years’ War, Creole land ownership was crippled which gave way for American investors to seize land. This would be a stepping stone for increasing U.S interest as more land increases production output.…
The continent of North America had many parts of land that were constantly changing hands of many different countries through the seventeenth, eighteenth, and parts of the nineteenth century. One of the major territories that was continuously being fought over was, the Louisiana territory. At some point or another, Spain, England, and France all owned the Louisiana. But, eventually in the beginning of the nineteenth century, the United States became hungry for more land and wanted to expand its boundaries from the Atlantic to the Pacific.…
Louisiana Purchase- Napoleon had plans to build up French control in North America, but when much of his army died of disease and a war with Europe was expected, he realized he didn’t have the necessary resources. Livingston and Monroe were sent to negotiate the purchase of just New Orleans because America had lost the rights to deposit cargo there and merchants were angry. Instead, Napoleon offered the entire Louisiana territory. They agreed to the purchase the land for 15 million. The people living there were incorporated at US citizens, and France received special privileges to the port.…
So, there was the French and Indian War in the Colonies. It doubled the British's national debt which was expanded the colonies. The Parliament wanted to raise money for two reasons. One, to pay the debt. Two, to keep the colonies safe.…
“Jefferson Buys Louisiana Territory, and the Nation Moves Westward.” National Archives and Records Administration, 2003, Spring. (-- removed HTML --) Wayne T. De Cesar and Susan Page selected certain articles to elucidate how the Louisiana Purchase commenced. This secondary source was not a written account from someone at the time of the Louisiana Purchase, but rather a source looking back on the history that took place leading up to the deal.…
Following the French-Indian there were many changes that happened in colonial America. Many things economical, social, and politically affected the colonist's opinion of England negatively causing the war for independence. Following the French-Indian war, England was in great war debt. The solution to this was to tax the colonies. They did so many times without giving the colonists a say which angered them greatly.…
The French had land from Quebec and down south to the end of the Mississippi River into New Orleans. The French’s interests were fur trade and trapping were a huge factor in their further endeavors. The English wanted as much territory as they could seize so they could proceed with their economic prosperity. They wanted to trade furs and have settlements of people; the English did this because they yearned to be the largest and most powerful empire. Acquiring the French lands was very difficult because they were larger then…
The views of American and British regarding the results of the French and Indian War is what ultimately lead to the American Revolution in 1776. The French and Indian War was fought from 1754 until 1763, hence the war is also commonly known as the Seven Year’s War, was a conflict in what is known as North America today, between France and Britain. The start of the war was due to both French and British colonist dispute about which territories belonged to one another. The border between British and French colonist in America was never actually defined as only east of the Appalachian Mountains were where British colonists settled, and west of the Appalachian Mountains was where French colonists settled. Both the French and British sought to extend…
The years of 1800 to 1850 were years of transition when it became hard for people to adjust to the swift changes in technology, population, economic growth and culture. This immense growth had deep impact on social, economic and religious system, which in turn caused conflicts between North and South, which later led to civil war. While North America was flourishing with urbanization and industrialization, South America, on the other side showed remarkably less urbanization. Both wanted to expand towards westward when Louisiana was purchased by Jefferson. It caused huge conflicts between the north and south to make new states as slave states or Free states which created two different regions entirely.…
In what ways did the French and Indian War 1754~1763 alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?…
The benefits that the United States of America occurred from this purchase were many. Firstly, it gave the U.S. all control of the Mississippi, that helped many farmers with transporting goods. Second, doubled more for size of the United States. With these extremely large amounts of land, the government set up additional farms to nurture the young and increasing the nation. Although there were many benefits, many people also believed that the Louisiana Purchase was a mistake, because it was not written that the government could purchase land outside of other…
The Louisiana Purchase was a huge contributor to nationalism, as it literally gave American citizens more of a nation to be nationalistic about. With the Louisiana Purchase, the size of America was doubled, giving more clout to America as a country, but also giving more confidence to Americans. Agriculture, trade, and exploration could all be increased with this single purchase, as there was now an immense amount of land that could be explored, as well as permission to travel along the MIssissippi River, both which could be utilized to American benefit. Dependency on Spain for trade and commerce could possibly be banished, and discrepancies with France were settled. In addition to this, Americans gained a larger sense of freedom. Citizens…
”But all this started because of the louisiana purchase in 1803. “France and Spain were both negotiating for ownership of the Louisiana territory.” Everyone wanted the louisiana territory. Because there was lots of land and lots of things that people could do. Napoleon then offered jefferson the louisiana territory in return for american money.…
The United States would not be the country it is today without gaining that land and it would have failed in future battles without the development of these states. It gave the country more fertile land to grow crops and appropriate weather conditions for different kinds of crops. It created a completely different culture in Louisiana, a mixture of southern and French characteristics that can still be recognized today.…