6 янв 1803 г. - Louisiana Purchase 1803
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background:Treaty of San Ildefonso 1800 ceded Louisiana back to France after losing it in 1763main character: Robert Livingston minister to France, in Paris to negotiate over New Orleans to get access to the Gulf of Mexico in 1803
main content: Livingston agreed to get entire Louisiana for $15 million
Why for France?
1. finical relief
2.afraid of losing Louisiana to European power
3.limited strategic value
4.ally with United States
Why for US?
1. access to the port
2. western settlement
3. removal of french power
4 economic development, allowed the country to
disengage from European Rivalries
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