The Louisiana Purchase

Question 1

What was the Treaty of Ildefonso (the Retrocession) and what did it accomplish?

Answer 1

Napoleon Bonaparte acquired Louisiana

Question 2

What was the Treaty of Ildefonso (the Retrocession) and what did it accomplish?

Answer 2

It was an agreement between France and Spain, where Napoleon Bonaparte acquired Louisiana

Question 3

The Retrocession, along with Spain closing the Port of New Orleans to American , made Jefferson nervous. What did he do about it, and what was the result?

Answer 3

He sent James Monroe to France to purchase New Orleans and West Florida.

Napoleon, who was nervous because of a rebellion in Haiti plus renewed conflict with the British, signed over 800,000 sq miles to the US.

Question 4

Why was this a significant event?

Answer 4

It was the largest land acquisition acquired without bloodshed in HUMAN HISTORY.

Question 5

Why did Napoleon sign over so much land?

Answer 5

He wanted to prevent an Anglo-American Alliance

Question 6

what were accomplishments of the louisiana purchase?

Answer 6

• Huge Diplomatic victory for US, avoiding conflict with European powers
• It essentially destroyed the Federalist Party, since the Democratic Republicans favored relations with France over Britain, and the land that the Federalist party mainly inhabited expanded greatly