Not only was it a steal of a deal, but it doubled the size of our already growing nation. $15 million dollars for the entire Louisiana Territory? That's 3 cents an acre, guys. was able to purchase the Louisiana Territory at seriously below market price. Napoleon's dream of his own New World empire quickly disappeared.īasically, developments in Haiti had important effects on two fronts: they made France less willing and able to keep the Louisiana Territory itself and also more desperate to make a profit by selling it. 40,000 French troops were killed, it was super costly, and losing Haiti meant keeping the nearby Port of New Orleans for supplies and military defense was no longer necessary. Not only was this an incredible achievement for the people of Haiti, but France felt the blow of it. Wait, what? Yes, Haiti's independence movement was also a slave rebellion.
In 1800, French ruler Napoleon, struck a super secret deal, snagging the territory back from Spain (who France had given it to just 40 years earlier in another super secret deal).īut then, Napoleon failed to squash a slave revolution in Haiti. Louisiana had been owned by Spain since 1763, but the French had long dreamed of retaking the lost land. and President Thomas Jefferson-hit the books. The same year that Lewis and Clark began their massive hike, the Louisiana Purchase-a clear win for the U.S. And Lewis and Clark were sent to blaze the trail. Here was America, a nation intent on moving out west and boldly going where no man-well, European man-had gone before. Their task was to explore the great unknown, at least as far as the Pacific Ocean, anyway. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark formed the Corps of Discovery, assembled by Thomas Jefferson. Imagine all of these amazing duos combined: two guys (or mice) saving the day, exploring the West, and trying to take over the world-er, conducting scientific experiments, to boot. Batman and Robin, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Pinky and the Brain-there are so many dynamic duos that American culture has bestowed upon us.
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