What did the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition accomplish? How did Aaron Burr and the Supreme Court interfere with Jefferson’s otherwise successful first term? The inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the nation’s third president marked a turning point in America. While the Federalists were fading as a political force‚ he was able to complete the Louisiana Purchase and more than double the size of the United States‚ expanding west and broadening the horizons for the future of
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Megan Shanks History 1301-I53 February 25‚ 2017 Professor Stokes The Louisiana Purchase The United States has a long history of crucial decision after crucial decision‚ each one with significant impact on the country and the world. While these decisions do hold great importance‚ the Louisiana Purchase was especially significant in American history. Jefferson dealt with different options‚ faced consequences‚ as well as created a huge impact across time when he signed the “Treaty of Cession.”
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acre. The people who lived in Louisiana were all given U.S. citizenship and the United States agreed to honor all agreements between the Spanish and the Native Americans that had been made while Spain had controlled the land. The treaty was unclear about an important detail‚ however. The borders of the territory were not defined; the treaty simply stated that the extent of the territory would not change (Corrick 60-62; History.com Staff). The terms of the Louisiana Purchase turned out to be much
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In 1803‚ the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to explore the Northwest Territory. Jefferson told him to map out the area‚ gather natural resources‚ make contact with Natives (Befriend if possible)‚ and find a waterway that went to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis recruited William Clark‚ to be an equal in command‚ and 40 men. The two leaders‚ both in the military (Lewis a Captain and Clark a Lieutenant) led these men through 800‚000 square miles
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Jamie Eaves Paper #1 Feb. 18‚ 2013 4.2 Superior Council of Louisiana‚ Excerpts from Debates on Whether to Intervene in a Choctaw-Chickasaw War (1723) In 1723‚ the council of the early French Louisiana met to make a decision on whether to intervene in a war that was being fought between two of the Native American tribes‚ the Choctaws and the Chickasaws. This document contains six excerpts from their discussions over the matter and their decision to let the war between the two tribes continue
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The Louisiana Purchase posed several significant moral dilemmas for President Thomas Jefferson‚ among these were political reality and strict constructionism. When Jefferson got offered the Louisiana territory from Napoleon he knew it was a great opportunity for the United States. It would double up the size of the United States and he would the ability to use the Mississippi River. He understood by expanding the United States would be very significant for the United States. But Jefferson did not
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the Spanish for over forty years‚ regained by the French‚ and later sold‚ in the Louisiana Purchase‚ to the United States. Whoever controlled this influential port also controlled the Mississippi River‚ and the United States wanted and needed it. After years of negotiations‚ talks of war‚ and treaties‚ the Americans bought the entire Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory that stretched from the tip of modern day Louisiana all the way into a small section of Canada. This was the greatest accomplishment
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Stadium becomes the sixth largest city in the state of Louisiana as over 91‚000 fans pack the cathedral of college football to watch the Tigers play. It was in 1893 that LSU first sponsored a football team. The Tigers were coached by university professor Dr Charles E. Coates against in-state school Tulane University of New Orleans. The game sparked a rivalry between the Tigers and the Green Wave that has lasted generations. Future Louisiana governor Ruffin G. Pleasant was the quarterback and captain
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The Nottoway Plantation‚ Restaurant‚ and Inn: White Castle of Louisiana 5. What does the plantation tour industry in the New Orleans area look like? Who are the major players and what are their relative strengths? The plantation tour industry in Southern Louisiana takes advantage of the proximity of both New Orleans‚ a major international tourist destination‚ and Baton Rouge‚ a medium sized state Capitol and college city‚ to draw visitors interested in experiencing antebellum plantation life on
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The state of Louisiana is known for Cajun food and Zydeco music‚ but Louisiana casinos are helping to add to the state’s reputation. Louisiana casinos stretch from north to south and run east to west in the state. Louisiana became the fourth state to approve riverboat gambling casinos in 1991. The next year‚ Louisiana approved one land-based casino to be located in New Orleans. Louisiana is also home to three land-based Indian casinos. Visitors to Louisiana are in for a one-of-a-kind experience‚
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