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<p>explains The Events That Led Napoleon Bonaparte To Sell The Louisiana Territory And The Difficulties That Thomas Jefferson Had In Making The Purchase That Doubled The Size Of ...</p> <h3>children's Literature</h3> <p>as A New Nation, Threatening Neighbors Faced The United States In 1800. The British Continued To Control Canada To The North While Spanish Interests In Florida And The Western Territories Also Exerted Pressure Upon The New Republic. Confronted By Such Delimiting Factors, President Thomas Jefferson Set Out To Purchase Additional Land, Thereby Allowing For National Growth. Initially, Jefferson Was Interested In Buying New Orleans And Some Adjoining Territory. Eventually, France's Emperor, Napoleon, Offered A Much Vaster Region For Sale. In The End, The United States' Representatives Negotiated The Purchase Of A Region More Than 800,000 Square Miles In Size For About Three Cents Per Acre. The Louisiana Purchase, As It Was To Be Labeled, More Than Doubled The Size Of The Fledgling United States. This Deal Also Set The Stage For The Even Greater Expansion Of The National Borders To The Pacific And South To The Current Mexican Border. The Story Of The Evolution Of The Lou

Author

Jaffe, Elizabeth Dana

Publisher

Mankato, Minn.: Bridgestone Books

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780736811002

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Humanities