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Article 1: Napolean and Louisiana France is under control of Napolean Bonaparte.Napolean dreams of rebuilding France's empire in North America. Standing in the way of his plan is a former slave, Toussaint L'Ouveture. He sent a french army to the Caribbean Islands to recapture Saint Dominque. The French manage to capture L'Ouverture, but his followers continued to fight. The French failed to retake the island, ruining Napolean's plans to send troops to Louisiana.

Article 2: The Mississippi Region When the U.S. learned that France had regained owner ship of Louisiana President Jefferson knew that the French could block future westward expansion of the United States as well as trade along the Mississippi River by controlling the seaport of New Orleans. Its busy docks were filled with valuable goods such as fur and farming products which were then sent to Europe.

Article 3: Purchasing the Territory/Surprising Offer President Jefferson hopes to buy New Orleans from France to solve the problem peacefully. Jefferson sent U.S. ambassador to France to try and purchase New Orleans as well as Florida. The French Government said without New Orleans Louisiana would be of little value to France. So he offered the whole lot of Louisiana. Napolean didn't want to fight Britain and the United States at once so Napolean sold Louisiana for $15 million dollars to buy supplies for his army in Europe.

Article 4: Expanding the Nation The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. Although the boundaries were not yet defined, it was a huge region of land stretching west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. David Ramsay said the purchase provided important benefits at a moderate fair price,and the gaining of Louisiana is the greatest political blessing ever provided to these states.