Louisiana Purchase
Christian Ruiz
Mr. Kelley
Period1
14 February 2013
Louisiana Purchase On April 30,1803 the Louisiana territory, which was a third of the land for the new nation we call America, was purchased from France for fifteen million dollars. This helped fund Napoleon’s war against Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson made this decision because Jefferson did not want any other nation ruling in that territory, because Jefferson did not want to feel threatened with natives from the new land and France trying to take over America. Another reason for this decision was because Congress pressed Jefferson to see if Jefferson wanted to either expand land or have other nations rule in the new mother land. After the purchase was done Thomas Jefferson had requested for the explore Merrieweather Lewis and asked Merrieweather Lewis to go explore the new land. Merrieweather Lewis received help from Sacagawea who translated to other tribes for food and trading Sacagawea taught Lewis and clark how to fish ,hunt and also how to grow crops, Sacagawea taught lewis and clark the basic skills to live off the land to make sure Lewis and Clark could survive off the land . Sacagawea also showed Lewis and Clark how to use other resources to make sure that Lewis and Clark stayed healthy and keep them safe from harm on the excursion through the dangerous native filled land. Sacagawea also showed Lewis and Clark the After Merrieweather Lewis and Clark came back, people started to move west and that is when the population started to grow. The Louisiana Purchase helped the nation grow not only in size but also in population and it helped us to gain new and stronger allies. President Thomas Jefferson is showing that he had made so pretty big accomplishments in his presidency. At America’s youth, “President Jefferson, in one of his greatest achievements, more than doubled the size of the United States at a time when the young nation’s population growth was beginning to quicken” (Louisiana
Mr. Kelley
Period1
14 February 2013
Louisiana Purchase On April 30,1803 the Louisiana territory, which was a third of the land for the new nation we call America, was purchased from France for fifteen million dollars. This helped fund Napoleon’s war against Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson made this decision because Jefferson did not want any other nation ruling in that territory, because Jefferson did not want to feel threatened with natives from the new land and France trying to take over America. Another reason for this decision was because Congress pressed Jefferson to see if Jefferson wanted to either expand land or have other nations rule in the new mother land. After the purchase was done Thomas Jefferson had requested for the explore Merrieweather Lewis and asked Merrieweather Lewis to go explore the new land. Merrieweather Lewis received help from Sacagawea who translated to other tribes for food and trading Sacagawea taught Lewis and clark how to fish ,hunt and also how to grow crops, Sacagawea taught lewis and clark the basic skills to live off the land to make sure Lewis and Clark could survive off the land . Sacagawea also showed Lewis and Clark how to use other resources to make sure that Lewis and Clark stayed healthy and keep them safe from harm on the excursion through the dangerous native filled land. Sacagawea also showed Lewis and Clark the After Merrieweather Lewis and Clark came back, people started to move west and that is when the population started to grow. The Louisiana Purchase helped the nation grow not only in size but also in population and it helped us to gain new and stronger allies. President Thomas Jefferson is showing that he had made so pretty big accomplishments in his presidency. At America’s youth, “President Jefferson, in one of his greatest achievements, more than doubled the size of the United States at a time when the young nation’s population growth was beginning to quicken” (Louisiana
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