The Louisiana Purchase:

"In 1801, relations between the world's only two republics, the United States and France, were at a low ebb. American merchants had just lost millions of dollars to French privateers in the "Quasi-War" of the late 1790s, and Napoleon was scheming to acquire the Louisiana Territor...

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1. Verfasser: Fleming, Thomas 1927-2017 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken, N.J. J. Wiley 2003
Schriftenreihe:Turning points
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Zusammenfassung:"In 1801, relations between the world's only two republics, the United States and France, were at a low ebb. American merchants had just lost millions of dollars to French privateers in the "Quasi-War" of the late 1790s, and Napoleon was scheming to acquire the Louisiana Territory from Spain and create a "wall of brass" that would halt America's westward expansion. Yet only a few years later, Napoleon agreed to sell Louisiana to the United States for
Beschreibung:vi, 186 p. 21 cm
ISBN:0471267384

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