Social Studies Week of 4/13

Reasons Napoleon sold Louisiana Territory

He needed money to finance wars in Europe; he realized he could not extend his empire into North America; selling to the US might cause problems for the British

Reasons Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans

If the port closed, it would prevent goods from reaching the East Coast and cripple the economy

Accomplishments of the Corps of Discovery

Made contact with Native Americans, documented plants, animals, and land, reached the Pacific Ocean

Price paid for the Louisiana Territory

15 million dollars

Two countries that had owned New Orleans and the Louisiana Purchase territory before the US

Spain and France

Meriwether Lewis

Army captain chosen by Jefferson to lead the exploration of the West

William Clark

Co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Zebulon Pike

Sent to find the beginning of the Red River (border with New Spain); a mountain peak is named after him

Louisiana Purchase

Land bought from France that doubled the size of the United States