Download or read book The Louisiana Purchase written by Thomas Fleming and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2003-10-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Louisiana Purchase Like many other major events in world history, the Louisiana Purchase is a fascinating mix of destiny and individual energy and creativity. . . . Thomas Jefferson would have been less than human had he not claimed a major share of the credit. In a private letter . . . the president, reviving a favorite metaphor, said he "very early saw" Louisiana was a "speck" that could turn into a "tornado." He added that the public never knew how near "this catastrophe was." But he decided to calm the hotheads of the west and "endure" Napoleon's aggression, betting that a war with England would force Bonaparte to sell. This policy "saved us from the storm." Omitted almost entirely from this account is the melodrama of the purchase, so crowded with "what ifs" that might have changed the outcome-and the history of the world. The reports of the Lewis and Clark expedition . . . electrified the nation with their descriptions of a region of broad rivers and rich soil, of immense herds of buffalo and other game, of grassy prairies seemingly as illimitable as the ocean. . . . From the Louisiana Purchase would come, in future decades, the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and large portions of what is now North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Colorado, and Louisiana. For the immediate future, the purchase, by doubling the size of the United States, transformed it from a minor to a major world power. The emboldened Americans soon absorbed West and East Florida and fought mighty England to a bloody stalemate in the War of 1812. Looking westward, the orators of the 1840s who preached the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States to preside from sea to shining sea based their oratorical logic on the Louisiana Purchase. TURNING POINTS features preeminent writers offering fresh, personal perspectives on the defining events of our time.
Download or read book The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion 1803 1898 written by Sanford Levinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to
Download or read book The Louisiana Purchase written by Elaine Landau and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A basic discussion about the history of the Louisiana Purchase, and how the United States expanded their lands by buying the Louisiana Territory from France"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Louisiana Purchase and Our Title West of the Rocky Mountains written by United States. General Land Office and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Wilderness So Immense written by Jon Kukla and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Wilderness so Immense, historian Jon Kukla recounts the fascinating tale of the personal maneuverings, political posturing, and international intrigue that culminated in the greatest land deal in history. Spanning nearly two decades, Kukla’s book brings to life a pageant of characters from Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Jay, to Napoleon and Carlos III of Spain and other colorful figures. Employing letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a host of other sources, Kukla creates a complete and compelling account of the Louisiana Purchase. From the hinterlands in Kentucky to the courts of Spain, France, and England to the halls of Congress, he re-creates the forces and personalities that turned a struggle for navigation rights on the Mississippi into an event that doubled the size of the country and altered the destiny of the United States forever.
Download or read book The Louisiana Purchase written by United States. General Land Office and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Westward Extension 1841 1850 written by George Pierce Garrison and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid portrait of a turbulent & crowded decade. Although the emphasis is on expansion, the book is largely a history of the U.S. during the years covered. Also discussed are party struggle & the domestic problems of the Tyler & Polk administrations. Illus.
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Download or read book Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University written by Indiana University, Bloomington. Extension Division and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Extension of Capitol Grounds written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes discussion of demolition of the historic Alva Belmont house.
Download or read book Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silken Thread written by Robert N. Wiedenmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insects are seldom mentioned in history texts, yet they significantly shaped human history. The Silken Thread: Five Insects and Their Impacts on History tells the stories of just five insects, tied together by a thread originating in the Silk Roads of Asia, and how they have impacted our world. Silkworms have been farmed to produce silk for millennia, creating a history of empires and cultural exchanges; Silk Roads connected East to West, generating trade centers and transferring ideas, philosophies, and religions. The western honey bee feeds countless people, and their crop pollination is worth billions of dollars. Fleas and lice carried bacteria that caused three major plague pandemics, moved along the Silk Roads from Central Asia. Bacteria carried by insects left their ancient clues as DNA embedded in victims' teeth. Lice caused outbreaks of typhus, especially in crowded conditions such as prisons and concentration camps. Typhus aggravated the effects of the Irish potato famine, and Irish refugees took typhus to North America. Yellow fever was transported to the Americas via the trans-Atlantic slave trade, taking and devaluing the lives of millions of Africans. Slaves were brought to the Americas to reduce labor costs in the cultivation of sugarcane, which was itself transported from south Asia along the Silk Roads. Yellow fever caused panic in the United States in the 1700s and 1800s as the virus and its mosquito vector migrated from the Caribbean. Constructing the Panama Canal required defeating mosquitoes that transmitted yellow fever. The silken thread runs through and ties together these five insects and their impacts on history"--
Download or read book Westward Extension written by George Pierce Garrison and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I 85 Extension from I 59 I 20 Near the Mississippi State Line to I 65 Near Montgomery Portions of Autauga Dallas Hale Lowndes Marengo Montgomery Perry and Sumter Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Nation V 17 Westward extension 1841 1850 by G P Garrison written by Albert Bushnell Hart and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
