Louisiana Purchase
I. Napoleon
A. Owned New Orleans
1. Jefferson offers to buy New Orleans form the French
a. Offered to sell New Orleans as well as the Louisiana Territory
II. US Constitution
A. No wording on Presidents buying land
1. Thomas Jefferson
a. Strict construction view
b. A republic of farmers
(1) need land
III. Bought April 30, 1803
A. $15 Million
1. 4 cents an acre
B. doubled size of the US
Lewis and Clark Exploration
I. Purpose: to explore new land
A. Build relations with Native Americans
1. Describe landscape
a. Plants
b. Animals
II. Meriwether Lewis
III. William Clark
IV. Made it to St. Louis by winter 1803
A. Spring 1804: traveled Missouri River
1. Fall 1805: Pacific Ocean
V. Sacagawea
A. helpful with language and geography