Group 5 Questions

The picture to the left is a painting by Mike Wimmer. The keys of New Orleans are being passed from the French to the United States.





Answer the following questions as a group. Use the comment section to post your responses. Write your teacher's name first so we will know which class is responding
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1. What happened when Monroe went to France?


2. Why did Napoleon decide to sell?


3. What price did Monroe and Livingston negotiate for the Louisiana Territory?


4. After the Louisiana Purchase where was the western boundary of the United States?

Group 4 Questions

The home on the left was James Monroe's home.

Answer the following questions as a group. Use the comment section to post your answers.

1.What happened as a result of Morales receiving the letter?

2. How did people in the United States react? Why?

3. How did President Jefferson react to the crisis?

4. What were Monroe's instructions?

Group 3 Questions

Answer these questions as a group. Use the comment option to post your responses.

1. What did Livingston do after he learned that the treaty was a fact?

2. In July 1802, why did Juan Ventura Morales write to the King of Spain?

3. How did the King of Spain react?

4. When did Morales receive the letter?

Questions for Group 2

Your group is responsible for answering these questions. Do this in the Comment section.

1. How did Jefferson finally find out that the treaty really had been signed?

2. How did Livingston find out that the treaty had been signed?

3. When was the treaty signed?

4. According to the treaty, when did the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France become official?

Questions for Group 1

Answer the following questions after listening to the readers theater.
1. Who were some of the Americans who had roles in the purchase of Louisiana?
2, Who were some French who had roles in the purchase of Louisiana?
3. What happened when President Jefferson learned about the secret treaty between the French and the Spanish?
4. When Livingston arrived, what happened?