Looking WestU.S. HistoryBridge to AP

Mr. Veliz

The Louisiana Purchase• Following the French and Indian War who

controls the Louisiana Territory?– Spain

• France regains control with the Treaty of Ildefonso (1800), a secret treaty.– King Carlos of Spain and Napoleon

• Spain’s New Orleans policy changes in 1802. U.S. goods would no longer be allowed to travel through the port.– What is the U.S. reaction to this?

The Louisiana Purchase

• What is Napoleon’s plans for America?• Why do these plans change?– Santo Domingo– Toussaint Louverture, ice, and mosquitoes

• Jefferson learns of the secret treaty and offers, through Robert Livingston, to purchase New Orleans and Florida(?) for $10 million.

The Louisiana Purchase

• Having lost Santo Domingo (Haiti), Napoleon sells the entire Louisiana Territory for $15 million.

• Constitutional questions arise– Jefferson leans on the Treaty making powers in

the Constitution.– 1803 – Senate ratifies the purchase, doubling

the size of the United States.

The Louisiana Purchase

Federalist Opposition

• Federalists oppose the Purchase. Why?• Massachusetts Federalist plan to secede,

hoping to form a Northern Confederacy– They’ll need the support of New York and New

England.– They look to Burr for help in New York.

• Burr’s failure and Hamilton’s death

Exploring the West

• Jefferson sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a scientific expedition out West.– Congress agrees for commercial reasons.– Is there an all-water route to the Pacific?

The Lewis and Clark Expedition