Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
The US did not buy Illinois specifically from the French before or after the Louisiana Purchase. Illinois was part of the larger territory acquired by the US through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Louisiana Purchase included the entire Mississippi River Basin, which encompassed present-day Illinois.
He was a strict constructionist and since the Constitution never explicitly stated that the President had the authority to purchase land, he was conflicted between his views and the incredible opportunity to purchase the entire Louisiana Territory from the French for a mere $15 million. Obviously he ended up making the purchase but his belief in explicit interpretation of the Constitution was what made him unsure.
It greatly increased his - and hence the country's - prestige. Jefferson doubled the entire size of the United States overnight at a bargain basement price.
Through the Louisiana Purchase the United States acquired an area more than 828,000 square miles, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion and also provided access to the Mississippi River .
what Lewis and clark wanted to accomplish was to map the entire Louisiana purchase
Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
Bienville, aka the father of Louisiana was the founder of New Orleans. He also was governor four times. He was a very important man to Louisiana. At this time, Louisiana was not the state, it was the entire Louisiana Purchase. This is just and opinion but Bienville was awesome!!!!!!!! ~ From Me
The US did not buy Illinois specifically from the French before or after the Louisiana Purchase. Illinois was part of the larger territory acquired by the US through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Louisiana Purchase included the entire Mississippi River Basin, which encompassed present-day Illinois.
The original intent was to purchase the port of New Orleans to provide control over the mouth of the Mississippi River. However, Jefferson was surprised when Napoleon offered instead to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to shore up France's faltering economy.
Jefferson initiated the Louisiana Purchase from France. The US only wished to acquire the port city of New Orleans, but France offered to sell the entire territory of Louisiana.
The Southeast region.
He was a strict constructionist and since the Constitution never explicitly stated that the President had the authority to purchase land, he was conflicted between his views and the incredible opportunity to purchase the entire Louisiana Territory from the French for a mere $15 million. Obviously he ended up making the purchase but his belief in explicit interpretation of the Constitution was what made him unsure.
Because he wanted to gain more power to keep his land instead of to let it be taken by greedy little Europeans that wanted so much power of to take away the things that the people worked so hard to get but instead the Europeans did not think of what to do with the land.
It greatly increased his - and hence the country's - prestige. Jefferson doubled the entire size of the United States overnight at a bargain basement price.
The entire state of Louisiana is the mouth of the Mississippi River which makes mapping Louisiana a bit complicated since the river is always changing.