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Facts about the
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids
Facts about the Louisiana Purchase,
1803 are as follows:
Facts about the
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids
Fact 1: When was the
Louisiana Purchase Made? It was finalized on April 30,
1803
Fact 2: Who agreed to the
sale of land in the Louisiana Purchase? Napoleon on
behalf of France
Fact 3: When did Spain sell
the land to France? On October 1, 1800, in the secret
Treaty of San Ildefonso
Fact 4: How much did the
Louisiana Purchase cost? 15 million dollars, about 4
cents per acre
Fact 5: How much land was
purchased in the Louisiana Purchase? 828,000 square
miles
Fact 6: Who negotiated the
Louisiana Purchase? Robert Livingston and James Monroe
on behalf of President Thomas Jefferson for the US and
François de Barbe-Marbois on behalf of Napoleon
(1769–1821) for France
Fact 7: The Louisiana
Purchase doubled the size of the United States and later
become all, or part, of 15 different states.
Fact 8: What were the east
-west borders of the Louisiana Purchase? The land
stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the
Rocky Mountains in the west.
Fact 9: What were the
north-south borders of the Louisiana Purchase? The
borders to the north it included much of Minnesota,
North Dakota, and Montana up to the border of Canada.
The borders to the south were New Orleans and the Gulf
of Mexico
Fact 10: The purchased land in
the Louisiana Purchase included all of Arkansas, Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and parts of North
Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas and
Louisiana.
Fact 11: Jefferson announced
the Louisiana Purchase to the American people on July 4,
1803
Fact 12:
Opposition was strong to the Louisiana Purchase, it was
nearly cancelled by Congress and only passed by the vote
of 59-57.
Fact 13: The United States
initially only wanted to buy New Orleans and the land
around it.
Fact 14: The Louisiana
Territory was broken into smaller administration areas,
and the territories passed slavery laws similar to those
in the southern states. These led to the
Missouri Compromise of
1820 and ultimately to the
American Civil war (1861-1865).
Fact 15: President Jefferson
organized expeditions to explore the new land acquired
by the Louisiana Purchase - the Red River Expedition
which explored the Southwest, the Pike Expedition led by
Zebulon Pike which explored the Great Plains and the
famous
Lewis
and Clark Expedition.
Why was the Louisiana
Purchase important and significant?
The Louisiana
Purchase was important
and significant because:
Significance and Importance of the
Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Louisiana Purchase
Fact 1: It doubled the size
of the US and later become all, or part, of 15 different
states.
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Fact 2: It ended the period
of French Colonialism in the Midwest portion of the US
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Fact 3: It reduced the power
of Spain in the US
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Fact 4: The US obtained the
port of New Orleans for the exportation of goods
Louisiana Purchase
Fact 5: The US the navigation
'rights' on the Mississippi River and Missouri Rivers
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Fact 6: It was the beginning
of the importance of the United States on the world
stage
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Fact 7: The land was rich in
gold, silver and other ores greatly contributing to the
wealth of the US
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Fact 8: The massive areas of
forests contributed to the lumber industry and economy
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Fact 9: The lands opened up
new opportunities for
Westward Expansion and farming
Significance and Importance of the
Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids: The Secret Treaty between Spain and France
in 1800
In the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso, on October 1,
1800, Spain returned the territory of Louisiana which France had
ceded to Spain in 1763. Spain was becoming a weak power and were
compensated for the lands by the creation in Tuscany in Europe.
Napoleon had secretly acquired the territory through the treaty, but
Spain continued to administer it.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids: New Orleans
Following the signing of the secret treaty, on October
16, 1802, the Spanish intendant at New Orleans, Juan Ventura
Morales, declared that Americans could no longer deposit their goods
at New Orleans whist they were waiting shipment. This was a direct
violation of
Pinckney's Treaty of
1795. The Americans were furious. There was outrage at the
action of the Spanish. The US Secretary of State, James Madison,
protested to the Spanish government, and also warned Napoleon that
Americans were prepared to go to war to regain access to New
Orleans. The Spanish governor, Don Juan Manuel de Salcedo, said he
had not consented to the actions of Morales and, in April 1803,
diplomatically restored the right to deposit goods from the United
States and to use the port of New Orleans.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids: Thomas Jefferson and Robert Livingston
Thomas Jefferson and the US government had had enough
of the Spanish in New Orleans. The port was vital to the trade of
the new nation. News of the secret treaty between France and Spain
was suddenly announced with the news that France had got Louisiana
from Spain. Jefferson was determined to buy New Orleans from France
together with land that lay east from the mouth of the Mississippi
with the navigation rights to the river. He sent Robert Livingston,
the U.S. Minister to France, to try and buy the land from Napoleon.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids: Why did Napoleon and France sell
Louisiana?
Napoleon had
great plans to build an Empire in his new territory
but impending war with the British coupled with the
threat of war from the United States, together with
a slave rebellion in Haiti made him realize that his
Important resources should be concentrated in Europe.
Napoleon also knew that the British would
immediately seize Louisiana if war erupted. He was a
clever man and realized that as the British would
probably gain Louisiana he might just as well sell
the land and profit, rather than lose from the
acquisition. Napoleon also knew that by selling the
land to the United States it would also deeply annoy
and damage his main enemy - Britain.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids - Negotiations
On April 10, 1803,
Napoleon informed his finance minister, François de
Barbe-Marbois, that he was considering selling all
of Louisiana to the United States. President
Jefferson had sent James Monroe to France to work on
the negotiations with Robert Livingston in order to purchase New Orleans and the Floridas. The
Floridas were the modern-day Gulf coasts of Alabama
and Mississippi and the Florida Parishes of
Louisiana. The US ambassadors and the French began
discussing the purchase of New Orleans. The French
minister suddenly asked if the US would not like to
buy the whole of Louisiana! James Monroe and Robert
Livingston had no authority to buy Louisiana. But
the purchase of the whole colony of Louisiana would
be a huge benefit to the United States. They were
decisive and quickly agreed to pay 15 million
dollars for the whole of Louisiana.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 for kids: The Treaty and the Constitution
The
news of the extent of the treaty was a surprise to
Jefferson and as a result he was faced with a
dilemma. Nowhere in the US Constitution mentioned
the power of the government to acquire territory.
Some were opposed to the Louisiana Purchase
believing that Jefferson did not have the
right to make such a large purchase of land. Others
raised concerns that the Louisiana Purchase would
lead to war with Spain. Opposition was so strong
that the Louisiana Purchase was nearly cancelled by
Congress and only passed by the vote of 59-57. The
Louisiana Purchase was ratified and the money was
paid to France.
Louisiana Purchase,
1803 for kids
The vast amount
of new land required exploration.
President Thomas
Jefferson arranged fort several expeditions
including the Red River Expedition that explored the
Southwest, the Pike Expedition (led by Zebulon Pike)
that explored the Great Plains and the famous
Lewis and
Clark Expedition.
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