1. The Louisiana Purchase & Lewis & Clark

2. Review Election of 1800 Midnight Judges & The Judiciary Act of 1801
Adams for reelection – Federalists candidate
Jefferson and Burr – Republican candidates
Jefferson and Burr tie
House is responsible for voting on president
Hamilton helps Jefferson
Jefferson becomes president
Midnight Judges & The Judiciary Act of 1801
Marbury vs. Madison
Judicial Review

3. Napoleon in America 1800 – Napoleon Bonaparte
Convinces Spain to give Louisiana to France in exchange for helping Spain take control of part of Italy
Jefferson worried b/c this gives France control of the lower Mississippi River
Jefferson doesn’t want…
Napoleon to try to take over any more land in America
Have to have an alliance with Britain over France

4. Negotiations 1801 – Robert Livingston – ambassador to France
Jefferson order him to try to block the deal or gain concessions for the US
1803 – Napoleon b/g making plans to conquer Europe
He doesn’t want an alliance b/w Britain and America if he resumes war w/ Britain
France’s govt. short on funds

5. Make the Purchase!
1803 – Napoleon offers to sell all of the Louisiana Territory and New Orleans to the US
Livingston immediately accepts
April 30, 1803 the US buys the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million (about 2 cents per acre)
The Senate overwhelmingly ratifies the deal

6. Great Deal! The Louisiana Purchase Doubled the size of America
US territory now stretched from…
The Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
From the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
Often called the greatest land deal ever made

8. Lewis & Clark Expedition
Jefferson hired:
Meriwether Lewis-army officer & note taker
William Clark-mapmaker & outdoorsman
York-Clark’s slave
Sacagawea-Native guide & interpreter
Purpose: to explore the Louisiana Purchase & do the following:
Find a trade route to the west
Make detailed reports on geography, plants, animals, customs & languages of the natives