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How did the US gain the Louisiana territory

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How did the US gain the Louisiana territory

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Thomas Jefferson wanted France's port of New Orleans so that farmers could transport their goods more efficiently. First Jefferson offered 2 million dollars and the French refused, then he offered 10 million. The French accepted the 10 million and added the rest of the Louisiana territory for an extra 5 million dollars.

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1. https://youtu.be/fUO1mhMf3i0

2. https://youtu.be/fUO1mhMf3i0

3. https://www.google.com/url?q=http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a4_3_1s11.html&sa=D&ust=1550608847942000

4. https://google.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/f0fdbc3a-87d2-4acd-9bbb-6b80652f371b/

5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsoniannmai/14469345068/

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6. Was the US justifyed in gaining the Louisiana territory?

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6. Was the US justifyed in gaining the Louisiana territory?

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The Americans may have thought that they were justified in taking the Louisiana territory because they bought it fairly from the French, but they were not. The territory belonged to the Native Americans before is belonged to the US or France. The US just pushed the Native americans off of their land when they moved further west.

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5.How the original inhabitants of the Louisiana territory resist the US Expansion

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5.How the original inhabitants of the Louisiana territory resist the US Expansion

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The French technically owned the Louisiana territory, and they did not resist the Americans because the US bought the land form the French fairly. However the Native Americans, who were the ones actually living in the area resisted the Americans who were trying to invade their villages and homes.

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4.How the US acquisition of the Louisiana territory affected the people already living in the area 

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4.How the US acquisition of the Louisiana territory affected the people already living in the area 

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The Americans moved west pushing native americans out by killing buffalo (Native Americans food) and, taking up their land.

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3.The costs of America gaining the Louisiana territory 

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3.The costs of America gaining the Louisiana territory 

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There was an Increase problem because the US got so much bigger so much faster

Because slavery was legal in the new states in the Louisiana, territory the US was once again confronted with the problem of representation in slave states.

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2.How the US benefited from gaining the Louisiana territory

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2.How the US benefited from gaining the Louisiana territory

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The US doubled Its size

The US gained the Port of New Orleans which was Optimal for farmers transporting their goods

Americans got close to fulfilling their manifest destiny