The Louisiana Purchase: a global context
In 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land from France at a price of approximately three cents per acre, dramatically altering the young nation's geography and its political future. President Thomas Jefferson had struggled for three years over the purchase, which many believed to be unconstitutional, during which time the land changed hands between the French and the Spanish. In perhaps the nation's most formative development since the Revolutionary War, the deal secured …
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- Full title :The Louisiana Purchase : a global context / Robert D. Bush.
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In 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land from France at a price of approximately three cents per acre, dramatically altering the young nation's geography and its political future. President Thomas Jefferson had struggled for three years over the purchase, which many believed to be unconstitutional, during which time the land changed hands between the French and the Spanish. In perhaps the nation's most formative development since the Revolutionary War, the deal secured the U.S. territory that would become fifteen new states, sparked intense public argument about the.
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- Publication Date:2014.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:113507772X, 9781135077723, 1306050529, 9781306050524, 9781135077716, 1135077711, 9780203067055, 0203067053, 9781135077679, 1135077673
- oclc:ocn863595917
- LC Classification:E333
- Dewey Decimal:973.4/6
Table of Contents
The Louisiana Purchase: a global context, background -- Louisiana in Spanish global policy, 1763-1802 -- Louisiana in French global policy, 1800-1803 -- Louisiana in American domestic and global policy, 1800-1803 -- The Louisiana Purchase: a global context, summary.
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