How much land did the United States buy from France?
When did the purchase take place?
What was the total cost?
How did the purchase of this land affect the size of the United States?
How did the President violate the Constitution by making the Louisiana Purchase?
What were Napoleon Bonaparte's plans for the land that he ended up selling? Why did he give up this plan? What are the main reasons he decided to sell the land to the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of two million one hundred and forty seven thousand square kilometre of North American land stretching from the Mississippi river in the East to the continental divide in the West. The sale also extended from what is now the Canadian border all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. All other land that comprises the current United States was held by the Kingdom of Spain. In one purchase for the total sum of 15 million dollars, American more than doubled its size. American President Thomas Jefferson acquired the territory from the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804, which violated the Tenth Amendment in the Bills of Rights. Opponents accused Jefferson of "tearing the Constitution to tatters" They said that the Constitution made no provision for purchasing foreign country. At the time of the purchase, Napoleon was in dire need of nay source on income because of his ongoing conflicts with England. America was in great need of property for territorial expansion therefore the Louisiana Purchase came at an important moment.
One of the principle aims that Napoleon had, a side from giving the money was also to deny his British and Spanish rivals, global seaports, and trade roots in the New World. Ultimately, the Louisiana Purchase allowed America to realise its dream of Manifest Destiny. This dream would eventually allow America to go all the way to the pacific shores of California.
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