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Napoleon and Louisiana General Napoleon Bonaparte wants to bring back The French Empire. Napoleon wants to take over Louisiana and start The French Empire there. There is a rebellion in the French colony of Saint Domingue. Slaves took over the island. Now that Napoleon found out he wans to regain the island. The French fought against them and lost. He doesn't want Louisiana any more.

The Mississippi Region USA leaders found out the The French took over Louisiana they thought it might be a problem with trading, and expanding the USA. New Orleans was founded by French then took over by Spanish rule. Then, France took over again. It's bisy docks are always filled.

Purchasing the Territory Although President Jefferson wanted to keep New Orleans; he did not want to start war. He hoped he and the rest of The USA would be able to buy the port city from France. In a peaseful way. The last thing that Jefferson wanted was a war.

Expanding the Nation When President Jefferson found out the France would sell all of Louisiana he was told to act fast. Livingston and Monroe thought that The French might withdraw there offer. So Jefferson did as told and he bought Louisiana fast.On October 20, 1803 the Senate approved The Louisiana Purchase. The purchase doubled the size of the US.

Recently President Jefferson has organized an expidition going to the west coast. It is headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Lewis spent weeks preparing for the trip by studying many subjects like botony and surveying. He also gathered the best frontiesmen and supplies for the journey. After a verity of problems the Lewis and Clark Expidition finally left from present day Missouri moving North-west.

The Lewis and Clark Expidition has made contact with many natives on their journey across the plains. They have been alerting them that they are now living on American ground. From one of these tribes, a Native, Sacagawea, has joined their party. She is acting as a guide to the groups. they have also been keeping a log of the ecosystems that they have been traveling through for infromational porpouses..

The Lewis and Clak Expidition just returned yesterday. With the help of their guide, Sacagawea, they safely crossed the Rocky Mts. From that point they headed down the Colubia R. and soon hit the Pacific. They remained there for the winter and then returned to the US. Lewis is currently the governer of our Louisiana Territory and Clark is governer of Missouri.

In other news, a man named Zebulon Pike has headed out to the south on another mission. Pike's expidition started form the Red R. and head west to find the end of the Red River. From here he head south to Mexico through the Rockys. While in Mexico he was arrested by the spanish. After a while he was released. He then returned to the US and reported his findings.