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Flashcards: Chapter 9 section 2

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Importance of the port of NOThe port of NO was relied on by the farmers who shipped goods down the misisip and stored them in the NO warehouses and then shipped them east to market.
Pinckney TreatyWhen spain threatened to close the port to Americans, GW sent Pickney to negotiate- Spain agreed to let the Americans ship goods down the misisp & store em in the warehouses of NO
Napolean BonaparteRuler of France, sold Louisisana to the Americans after reciving it from the Spanish
Revolt in HaitiN wanted to grow food in the French wets Indies, Haiti changed this Haiti was the richest French colony in the carribean- enslaved Af Ams worked on sugar plantations that made French planters wealthy-Toussaint L'Overture led a revolt to fight 4 liberty/ almost got the French out o Haiti N tried to recaptured Haiti- he got Tou, but not Haiti, who declared independence in 1804
Louisiana PurchaseWhen Jef tried to buy NO & West Florida from Napolean, he sent Livingston & Monroe to negotiate wt Talleyrand, at NO. They were told not to spend more than $10 mil- Talley offered all of Louisiana and the agreed price was $15 mil. 1803, US takes control of lands west of the misisip
Exploratiing New LandsSince the Ams knew little about th enew land, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent to explore the new lands-they were told to make a map to the Pacific Ocean-and study the climate, wildlife, soil, resouces & native Am Nations-May 1804, L+C travel up the Missouri from St.Louis.
SacajaweaA shoshone woman who offered to be the guide and translator 4 the company
Continental Dividemountain range that separates river systems