Why did America’s 1st cities develop along rivers? Rivers were America’s 1 st super highways and they were used for transportation & trade. Remember the.

Why did America’s 1Why did America’s 1stst cities cities develop along rivers? develop along rivers?

Rivers were America’s 1Rivers were America’s 1stst super highways super highways and they were used for transportation & and they were used for transportation & trade. Remember the eastern U.S. had very trade. Remember the eastern U.S. had very few roads and it was heavily forested.few roads and it was heavily forested.

Such as New York City on the Hudson River.

The Louisiana PurchaseThe Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson

Napoleon Bonaparte

Why did Jefferson want to buy Louisiana? Jefferson wanted to insure that American

farmers living west of the Appalachian Mts. had free access to the Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the Gulf of Mexico to ship their crops back to the Eastern U.S.

Also, to acquire the vast lands west of the Mississippi River for America & its farmers to expand our nation.

Images of Thomas Jefferson

Who was Napoleon?

A French general, who seized power in France ending the French Revolution.

The French Revolution caused the overthrow and deaths of the French King and Queen

Napoleon on his pony. The Guillotine in action.

Why was Napoleon willing to sell Louisiana? The slave revolt on the island of Haiti forced

Napoleon to recognize their independence. This made him give up his dream of a French empire in the Americas.

He also needed $ to equip his army, as he sought to conquer Europe.

Haiti’s Flag

Terms of the Deal

Completed in 1803 U.S. pays France $15 million for the

Louisiana Purchase, which included the city of New Orleans.

It doubles the size of the United States The price will work out to about $0.03 an

acre.

U.S. & France signing the deal.