1. The Louisiana Purchase

2. American Settlers Move West
People are settling between the Appalachian Mtns and the Mississippi River
KY, TN and OH join the Union
People rely on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers for trading

3. Most important port: New Orleans
America Moves West
Most important port: New Orleans

4. Answer on your Bellringer.
Why did Americans depend on the Mississippi River and access to New Orleans?

5. America Moves West Spain controlled New Orleans and Louisiana
They secretly sell it to the French

6. Napoleon Emperor of France - Wants to take over the world
Conquered most of Europe
Needs money

8. Napoleon Wants to use Haiti as a supply base to Louisiana
It allows France to send troops to the US.

9. Napoleon
The slaves in Haiti stage a revolt led by Toussaint Louverture
France kicked out
Hope lost to take over America

10. Louisiana Purchase Jefferson sends Monroe and Livingston to France
They offer France $10 million for New Orleans
France desperate for money
Offers N.O. plus the Louisiana Territory for $15 million

11. Answer on your Bellringer.
What role did chance play in the Louisiana Purchase?

13. Louisiana Purchase Jefferson agreed to the purchase
Goes against his strict construction philosophy
October 20, 1803 Senate approves the purchase

15. Lewis and Clark
Jefferson asks Congress to fund an expedition to explore the newly purchased land
He picks Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Members of their expedition are called the Corps of Discovery

16. Lewis and Clark

17. Lewis and Clark They leave Missouri in May 1804
They get help from a young Shoshone woman, Sacagawea.
Helped by the Nez Perce peoples
Reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805

20. Answer on your Bellringer
What characteristics and skills do you think members of the expedition needed? Explain your answer.

21. Answer on your Bellringer.
What did the Lewis and Clark expedition achieve?

22. Answer on your Bellringer.
How do you think Native Americans viewed the Lewis and Clark expedition? Explain your answer.

23. Pike’s Exploration