When Louisiana was under Spanish Rule the US was able to negotiate a treaty that allowed US farmers to be able to use the waterways‚ specifically the Mississippi River‚ as a means of transporting crops and other goods. When the US decided to negotiate this same deal when Louisiana came under French rule again‚ the French offered the United States the option to purchase all of Louisiana. So‚ in 1803 the United States government purchased the 828‚000 square miles of land known as Louisiana from France
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The plight of the French people has resonated throughout and ultimately changed the course of history‚ proving that the people indeed have the power to make significant change. It may take one person to spark a nation into revolt with the introduction of new ideas‚ all of which can be social‚ political‚ and even personal. Maximilien Robespierre is often seen as the face of change during the French Revolution as he managed to gather a large following of fed up citizens ready to make their inept leaders
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was influnced by French‚ English‚ Western Africa‚ spinish‚ German and Italy. There are different types of southern cuisine‚ such example of lowcountry‚ floribbean‚ cajun and creole. The southern Louisiana developed two famouse cuisine‚ cajun and creole. They have a lot in common‚ because both cuisine are based on france. Although the cuisine style is similar‚ the history is different. Cajun cuisine is origined from the traditional cuisine of Acadian. Acadian is original of French immigrant in Canada
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The Implications of the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was one of the largest single expansions of land that the United States has ever acquired. From an outsider’s standpoint‚ it is easy to assume that one of the only main benefits to come out of the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of land. That could not be farthest from the truth. Thomas Jefferson believed in the “Empire of Liberty.” He wrote in a letter to a friend that “Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which
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1. The Louisiana Purchase was of huge importance to the United States because it secured more trade opportunities. When President Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from France for only $15 million‚ it was for Jefferson’s own idea of how the U.S. should be. The purchase gave the United States access to the Mississippi river and to New Orleans‚ so that no other country could close it off and threaten the trade of the United States. The purchase was meant to strengthen the U.S’s trade with the other
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and let other campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars and was a dictator. Napoleon was the Emperor of the French from 1804 till 1814/ For over a decade‚ he had dominion over the European and global affairs. As a dictator the people of France had gained more than they had sacrificed to Napoleon. They had gained equality before the law‚ better school systems and a strong sense of
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The Louisiana Purchase was the greatest land purchase in US History. It nearly doubled the Nation’s size and it would bring much wealth to the nation. For example‚ in time gold would be discovered in the west and farming would be used on the land. This territory had been owned by different nations as a result of the French Indian war. However‚ in the end‚ it was sold to the US by the French. Jefferson had a plan for this land‚ although not everyone agreed with him buying the land. The treaty was
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to deprive power from his famous Coup of 18 Brumaire and was raised to power as Frist Consul of French‚ in which many believe ended the French revolution. Once Napoleon overthrew The Directory and established himself as the ruler of France‚ which only lasted from 1799 to 1814. His first move of the French Revolution as promised was The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Napoleon ideal of the French Revolution were simply a means to an end‚ and that end was his own personal power. From the
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The Louisiana Purchase With the opening of the 19th century‚ new opportunities emerged for the new Republic of the United States and her peoples. Newly independent‚ the Americans were eager to expand the country’s boundaries. The country was surrounded by colonial nations and native tribes‚ very much different from their style of republic. The Louisiana Purchase was the most important land acquisition in the history of the United States‚ as it led to exploration‚ international incidents‚ and America’s
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planet circling the star‚ Sirius‚ who visits earth. The story ends with humans being inspired to test philosophies of Aristotle‚ Descartes‚ and many other philosophers! Another one of Voltaire’s works was named Candide. Written in 1759‚ Candide was a French satire about a young man who lived a sheltered life. The man lost his mother and suffered great hardships. He had a professor whom he looked up to and greatly admired. Candide seems very similar to Voltaire’s childhood‚ since he too lost his mother
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