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May 2, 1803
(The treaty was dated April 30, 1803, and was signed on May 2. On July 14, 1803, the treaty reached Washington D.C.)

2007-02-11 12:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by couturechic16 1 · 2 0

The useful slave insurrection in Haiti (plantation vendors were French) brought about Napoleon to hunt a shopper for the Louisiana territory. Jefferson despatched diplomats to France and they were advised to purchase New Orleans from France so the U.S. might want to have get entry to to the Mississippi River and the port of present day Orleans for a port interior the Caribbean. Napoleon desirous to promote the entire Louisiana territory. It value the U.S. 3 cents an acre. Napoleon mandatory the money for yet another warfare with Britain. The U.S. Congress puzzled the deal, in spite of the undeniable fact that the concept-about britain getting the territory change into too a lot and Congress ok-ed the deal.

2016-10-17 06:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by swailes 4 · 0 0

The treaty was signed on April 30, 1803.

2007-02-11 12:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by DIAN E 2 · 0 0

It was in the early 1800s, around 1804 sticks in my mind. One of Thomas Jefferson's early actions, when Napoleon was desperate for cash to continue building an empire in Europe.

2007-02-11 12:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by djcartwright 3 · 0 0

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