to raise money and extend society west ward
Native Americans raided US territory and then retreated into Florida. The US subsequently invaded and basically forced Spain to sell.
it gave us great land for a transcontinental railroad and completed the continental U.SIt helped the railroad industry finish the rail road going west. They laid out 15 million dollars for it.
Texas. It was a separate country (after defeating Mexico and winning independence) for ten years before joining the US because it was broke and could sell off pieces of the country (now a state) to the US to pay off its debts. It joined in 1845, four years before California.
They didn't play a role in "global trade." First, there was no global trade as we think about it. Second the British passed the navigation acts which meant that they could only by and sell to the British. Smuggling took place and Dutch tea was brought in as well as items from France.
france needed money
YES. The sale of the Louisiana Territory was concluded between Napoleon and Jefferson.
because it was borde off the peeople there
Haiti.
The Louisiana Territory cost 15 million dollars and was sold in 1803 by France to the United States of America.
1. The United States offers to buy New Orleans from France 2. Haiti wins its independence from France 3. Napoleon offers to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States
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.
France Not France. During the time period when the United States signed the Constitution, Spain owned the Louisiana Territory. France later gained the territory shortly before President Thomas Jefferson made the decision to buy it.
Napoleon (France) took this opportunity to sell this valuable territory because of his failure to build an Empire in the Western Hemisphere.
Napoleon's two brothers wanted Napoleon to hold onto the Louisiana Territory. They believed it was needed for France's future in North America.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 for $15 million.
Thomas Jefferson with the united states. the land was called the Louisiana purchase and consisted of 2 current U.S. states. The land costed Jefferson $15 million! Hope that helped you!