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Date Posted: 23:57:43 10/02/02 Wed
Author: Jordan
Subject: Ch7 - The Louisiana Purchase

I.The Louisiana Purchase
A.For Negotiations, Jefferson sent Livingston and James Monroe to Paris
i.both were reluctant to even consider a treaty since they had not been authorized to do so by their government, but the treaty proceeded
a.on April 30, 1803, the treat was signed
ii.by the terms:
-the U.S. was to pay France 80 million Francs($15 million)
-grant exclusive commercial privileges to France in the New Orleans port
-to incorporate the residents of Louisiana w/ the same rights and privileges of other citizens
a.the boundaries of the purchase were never clearly defined.
-the treaty simply specified that Louisiana would occupy the same extent as it had when France and Spain owned it
B.Jefferson’s Quandary
i.he was pleased w/ the treaty’s terms, but unsure whether the government had the power to accept it(the federal government cannot rightfully exert it’s power unless specified to do so in the constitution)
a.nowhere in the constitution does it talk about the acquisition of territory, but Jeffersons’s advisors persuaded him that his treaty making power under the constitution would justify the purchase of Louisiana
ii.finally in 1803, France took control of Louisiana from Spain in just enough time to hand it over to the U.S. and General James Wilkinson, the commissioner of the U.S. and the commander of a small occupation force.
C.Territory
i.the U.S. organized Louisiana Territory just as it organized the Northwest Territory, with the thought in mind that eventually, individual states would emerge
a.the first state admitted to the union was Louisiana in 1812

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