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?
Stiegler Group 5
ReplyDelete1. Monroe went to meet with Barbe- Marbois. Barbe- Marbois told Monroe that Napoleon wants to sell the entire territory. Barbe- Marbois told Monroe that France would sell it for 22,500,000. When Monroe and Livingston left, Monroe wanted to buy it. When they went to meet Barbe- Marbois , Monroe and Livingston told Barbe-Marbois they were willing to pay 8,000,000 dollars. Barbe-Marbois told them they would sell it for 16,000,000 dollars. Monroe told Barbe- Marbois they would pay 12,000,000. Barbe- Marbois told they would sell it for 15,000,000. They agreed so that was the cost for Lousiana.
2.Napoleon decided to sell Louisiana because he did not think that he could keep the colony a part of France.
3. They negotiated the price and it went from $22,500,000, to $8,000,000, to $16,000,000, to $12,000,000, to $15,000,000, and $15,000,000 was the final deal.
4. It wasn't clear how far the territory extended,but the United States certainly had the Mississippi River, New Orleans, and a great deal more land.