We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
The Louisiana Purchase, 1803: America Moves West.
- Authors
Whitridge, Arnold
- Abstract
The article discusses the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, in which the U.S. acquired much of the modern Midwestern U.S. from France. It examines the diplomats involved, including Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe for the U.S. and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord and François Barbé-Marbois for France. The author also considers the French experiences in attempting to suppress the 1791-1804 revolution in Haiti, then known as St. Domingo, and comments on the roles of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FRANCE; HAITI; LOUISIANA Purchase; TERRITORIAL expansion of the United States; FRANCE-United States relations; HAITIAN Revolution, 1791-1804; MONROE, James, 1758-1831; TALLEYRAND-Perigord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Benevent, 1754-1838; JEFFERSON, Thomas, 1743-1826; NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; HISTORY
- Publication
History Today, 1953, Vol 3, Issue 7, p476
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article