Learning targets for today

• I can explain why Jefferson wanted to but the Louisiana Territory

• I can explain the reasons for buying the Louisiana Territory

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Events that lead to the Louisiana Purchase

Napoleon little man Big PlansWanted to start colonies in North America- place rich with

resources

Fighting with Britain-

Trying to take over Haiti – big problems on a little Island US will help, trying to stay on the good side of Napoleon

Jefferson's dilemma • taking liberties with the Constitution in the name of need and expediency- would

lead to future Presidents feeling justified with a continual increase in the elasticity of Article I, Section 8, Clause 18- Elastic Clause

• Went against his views as a strict constitutionalist

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats

A River

Problems in the west with France and SpainFrance and Spain control the Mississippi River –had received the

ground from England after the Revolutionary War

Spain Shuts Down New Orleans- did not think much of the US, small military, treaty with France

French/Spain Treaty- Gave France control of New Orleans. Was to be used as a jump off spot for Napoleons big plans

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Goals for the trip• Collect scientific info on plants and animals• Map major features and est. the source of the Missouri and

Columbia• Establish good relations with the Native Americans they meet• Disprove rumors about the regions and determine extent of the

land bought, also to strengthen the US claim to the ground

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

Penny

Jefferson's reasons

• There was a fear that if America did not purchase New Orleans from France, it could lead to war

• Land was needed if Jefferson's idea of a common way of life was to be seem

• poised to firm up its exclusive claim to the Mississippi and to get rid of foreign influences on the North American continent

• Did not want to join England in its fight against France

I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

Tomorrow

At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

Stars