LA Purchase

President of The United States during the Louisiana Purchase

• Robert Livingston

• James Monroe

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

France's leader who was known to be tricky

• Napoleon

• James Ross

• Edward Tulane

• Merriwether

  Lewis

Jefferson's friend who was sent to France to make a deal with Napoleon

• Thomas Clark

• James Ross

• Robert Livingston

• John Adams

U.S. senator who wanted to send 50,000 troops to take over The Port of New Orleans

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Ross

• James Monroe

• Robert Livingston

Explorers who helped with the Westward Expansion

• Lewis and Clark

• Robert LaSalle and Hernando De Soto

• Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

• Monroe and Livingston

The U.S. wanted the Louisiana Territory because it contains

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Port of New Orleans

• The Ohio River

• Port of Monroe

The Mississippi River was important because of

• mining

• rain

• trade

• hunting

New Orleans and the surrounding area controlled the​ (a)   of the Mississippi River

• mouth
• bank
• flow

Losing the right of deposit meant that Americans

• could not deposit money in the bank

• could not store their goods at the Port of New Orleans

• Would have to go to war with France

• Would not be able to buy the Louisiana Territory

If goods were left out they could

• get tossed into the gulf

• stay at the port longer

• make people want to buy them

• rot or be stolen