2. Background
French Revolution – working-class rose up in rebellion against the upper-class aristocrats.
After the French Revolution, Napoleon seized power in France and set out to conquer the world.
Louisiana would provide a base for his military operations.

5. Napoleon Bonaparte

6. Events Leading Up To The Purchase
1800 – Napoleon forced Spain to give Louisiana back to France in the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1803 – Thomas Jefferson plans to buy the Isle of Orleans.

7. Saint-Domingue Colony of France
Napoleon planned to turn the small country into a giant sugarcane plantation.
Lasted from 1791 – 1804
Most successful African slave rebellion
Established Haiti as a free, black republic

9. Haitian Revolt – cont. Served as a distraction for Napoleon.
Served as a window opportunity for Thomas Jefferson

10. Thomas Jefferson

11. Key Players

12. The Deal
Jefferson sent Monroe and Livingston to Paris to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans for 2 million dollars.
April 1803 – Napoleon offered to sell the entire Louisiana territory since he was at war with Great Britain.
Sold for 15 million (3 cents per acre)

13. The Treaty
April 30, 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed.

14. Boundaries
The Louisiana territory stretched from the Gulf of Mexico in the South to the Canadian Boarder in the north, and from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west.