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Love canalLouisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a American
acquirement from France of the formerly Spanish
region Louisiana. When the secret agreement of 1801
was revealed , where Spain went back to Louisiana to
France, excited the uneasiness in the United States
both because Napoleon France was an aggressive
power and because western settlers depended on the
Mississippi River for commerce. In a letter to the
American minister to France Robert R. Livingston,
President stated that �The day that France takes
possession of New Orleans...we must marry
ourselves to the British fleet and the nation.� Late in
1802 the right of deposit at New Orleans, granted to
Americans by the Pinckney Treaty of 1795, was
withdrawn by the Spanish intending (Louisiana was
still under Spanish control). Although Spain soon
restored the right of deposit, the acquisition of New
Orleans became of paramount national interest.
Jefferson instructed Livingston to attempt to
purchase the �Isle of Orleans� and West Florida from
France. He appointed James Monroe minister
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to serve with
Livingston. Congress granted the envoys $2 million
to secure their object. The international situation
favored the American diplomats. Louisiana was of
diminishing importance to France. The costly revolt
in Haiti forced the French emperor Napoleon I to
reconsider his plan to...
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