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. Whether the United
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| Louisiana Wet Land Loss [pic] The coastal land loss for Louisiana has become a growing concern for the people of Southeast Louisiana over the last decade. “Coastal Louisiana wetlands make up the seventh largest delta on Earth‚ contain about 37 percent of the herbaceous marshes in the United States‚ and support the largest fishery supply in the bottom 48 states”(Couvillion 2011). “Louisiana is home to two million people and it
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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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History: The Louisiana Purchase The United States is not the most perfect country‚ but it is one of the most successful countries of the modern world. Our country’s vast history contains an immense amount of significant and momentous events that have molded our country into the place we know today. As a country‚ we have had our fair share of triumph‚ crisis‚ and everything in between. But overall‚ the most important event in the history of the United States is the Louisiana Purchase‚ Thomas
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the war and started working on recovering the resources after using during the war. America needed more land to make resources to pay off debt from the war. Then‚ France gave America a good deal for their land so they can also pay off debt. The Louisiana purchase allowed the country to expand in land mass‚ allowed more agriculture opportunity‚ allowed more trading routes‚ and help control the population growth. After the French and Indian
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Scott Colon Professor Wilkerson American Federal Government 18 January 2013 Examining the Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase The acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase caused a political debate of the constitution in the early United States government. There was a difference of opinions between politicians including Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Many believed that the provisions outlined in the United States Constitution should be strictly followed‚ but others believe that the
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Westward Expansion is when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory‚ and when many people migrated westward. Westward Expansion doubled the size of America. President Thomas Jefferson thought that this would be the key to the U.S.A wealth‚ but his hopes had actually almost destroyed the country. With these new territories people didn’t know if they would be free states or not. Many other problems and solutions came from making the Louisiana Purchase. One large problem where the Native Americans
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Did The Congress Made Amendment 14 to Punish the South? Amendment #14 punished the south for the entire rebellion‚ and the Civil War. The way that Congress made the law made it seem that it was helping the Freedmen‚ however‚ most of the sections are directed to the south‚ or made so that the only people who would violate these sections would be the southern states. Paragraph 1 states that Ex-slaves made citizens if they have been born in the United States. This part doesn’t hurt the
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Health Profile for Adolescents and Young Adults in the State of Mississippi Saint Leo University Community Health Evaluation/Epidemiology HCM/530 Jerry Murrell September 14‚ 2012 Obesity and Chronic Issues The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has listed the American people as some of the unhealthiest people in the world. The numbers are staggering and just hard to believe the Centers of Disease
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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE Ron Young Bryant and Stratton College Phil 250 Ms. Obradovich February 8‚ 2013 In August 2005 there was a massive storm brewing and growing into a storm like no other storm‚ Hurricane Katrina. In the days before the storm hit‚ there were many agencies gathering information and trying to give a good guess on when‚ where‚ and how bad this storm was going to be. Some people listened and prepared and some did not. Why? Why didn’t some people even
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