The Louisiana Purchase | 5 Minutes to Explain 

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Jefferson: So how much is this Louisiana Purchase going to cost? France: It's three cents per acre real estate

Donald wasn’t the first to offer money/gold to purchase Greenland, back in the 40s Truman wanted to buy Greenland because the troops didn’t want to leave

The Louisiana Purchase area looks strangely like a greatly expanded Serbia.

Definitely one of the biggest payoffs in our history!

The raw power of buying Louisiana for theee cents

Haiti, the first successful Slave Rebellion, and the first Country to Formerly Abolish Slavery, was the main reason that France sold the land.

Technically, it passed by 1 vote. If 1 person had changed their vote, the result would be 58-58.

A few things : Napoleon did not buy back Louisiana to Spain France defeated Spain in Europe, and made it clear it would be better for them to return the territory or something bad could happen. And 15 million USD might not sound a lot today, but at the time it was equivalent to 1,5 times the US GDP

Thank u for this video i will show my children to love America because we are American but also of Mexican American parents to appreciate all history between

America: Hey, can we buy New Orleans from you? Haiti: *Successfully Revolts* Britain: *gearing up for war* Napolean: Um sure. And we'll throw in the rest of this land too.

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0:42 as a North Dakotan, I can relate to how everyone forgets about you EVEN YOU FORGET

Okay, I teach both Missouri and American History and there is some missing information. 1. Jefferson offered to buy, not Louisiana, but only New Orleans. Napoleon who witnessed the loss of French Haiti and was locked in the continental system struggle with Great Britain needed cash. With Americans pouring into Louisiana, he realized if he didn’t sell it he would lose it anyway. So he authorized the sale of all of Louisiana. 2. Congress only authorized the purchase of New Orleans. President Jefferson wanted to secure the entrance to the Mississippi River for national security. When Robert Livingston and James Monroe returned with an agreement to buy more for less it left the Senate in an awkward position. 3. We call it The French and Indian War because it began 2 years earlier here before becoming the global conflict known as the Seven Years War. 4. Three Flags Day was remembered in St. Louis because before the USA could take control in St. Louis, the Spanish had to transfer it to the French who in turn transferred it to America. Spanish and French transfers were recognized by raising then lowering the colonial flag, ending with the American flag.

What if Jefferson had stuck to his guns and not had gone through with it?

thank you for the great video!

love the video, easy to follow

That territory looks like Serbia without Kosovo.

You should do a video on the Gadsden Purchase and other US purchases 👌🏼👍🏼

I still can't believe this only costed 15MILLION there be houses that cost that much these days

I found your channel today, very nice informations for my inquisitive head

I want a what if that takes place in this timeline with California, Texas, Louisiane and USA.

Also remember France should not have sold it to America. Their agreement with Spain was if sold, France was to give the first offer to sell back to Spain!

Needed it for class thanks

I've always thought France sold the current state of Louisiana, NOT what's now 13 states!! This is sooo mind blowing and nobody knows that anymore or even cares!!

*why am I here* **I’m only here to make characters** ***I’m so awkward help***

I teach American History and cover the Louisiana Purchase. This was a great recap video to show to my students! Thanks!

What I find interesting is that if this depiction in the opening map is correct, then Louisiana originally consisted of just north Louisiana and basically New Orleans and the area west of the Mississippi River, and east of the Atchafalaya Basin. You often hear many south Louisianans say that north Louisiana is not really Louisiana. Hmmmmmmm. Looks like maybe they aren't!

Originally, the Americans wanted to purchase only the port of New Orleans and surrounding areas for 10 million, but then napoleon countered with the whole of the territory for 15 million and the diplomats accepted without input from the government. It left Congress dumbfounded lmao

they do not mention, imo, a pretty key fact. napoleon was pretty much forced to sell to jefferson after the ship "El Cazador" sunk to the bottom of the ocean with a HUGE collection of silver coins. That shipwreck is called "the shipwreck that changed the world" you can actually buy some of the coins that laid at the bottom of the gulf of mexico, inside el cazador, for over 200 years. it was about 1993 when some fishermen stumbled across it.

Were those 60,000 new Americans, Europeans or were they native Americans? Or both?

Hamilton should be on Mt. Rushmore instead of Jefferson. It was Hamilton's economic system which allowed Congress to borrow the money, and negotiations were made by Livingston and Monroe. Jefferson, who only wanted New Orleans, deserves little to no credit.

If France hadn't sold it, they would have lost it for nothing anyway, so it was basically win/win deal that really changed nothing in long term history. US just got it earlier, peacefully and more easily.

We need to ask Canada for that top little bitty bit back.

Thanks, Napoleon

Ah thank you good sir, I was able to finish my Mid term on time.

A red hexagon for a stop sign? Is the illustrator from 200 years ago?

Of which ethnicity were the 60.000 inhabitants of Louisiana prior to 1803? And btw just 60.000???

How do you turn credit into Gold ?????

Come to think of it. That would have been the second time the us would purchase land from Denmark. What's the first one? The Virgin Islands

So helpful 😉

If Washington hadn't purchased the Louisiana Territory, would they have ended up conquering it militarily as with the northernmost Mexican territory in the 1840s?

What formed the border of the Louisiana Territory north of the 49th parallel?

They offered 10.milliln at first for the whole Louisiana and parts of the Floridas but they did settle for 15 million for Louisiana and all of the Floridas

Albeit it's not easy to say with perfect accuracy, that $15 million dollars is equivalent to about 4-500 million dollars today. It's also important to state that it possibly had to be presented in "actual value".

and that’s on me being born in des moines iowa & so many cities in the louisiana purchase being french names lol

Did somebody actually asked the people living there at that time, like the natives and the few French or Spanish colonists, if they really wanted to join? Or was it the US way of ignoring the people when money is involved?

Spain, giving up land since 1492

What were some negatives pertaining to the U.S. economy?

Wow, France literally had most of the Great Plains region right in the palm of their hand at one point! Now all they have to show for their North American colonization efforts are the Canadian provinces of Quebec (most successful) and New Brunswick, the US state of Louisiana, a now-failed "free nation" experiment in Haiti, and a few more inconsequential Caribbean islands like Guadaloupe and Martinique. If only Napoleon knew what he could've had in the "New World" if he wasn't so caught up on conquering everything in sight back in the "Old" one (lol)...

I'm from New Orleans Louisiana ya herd meh ⚜️⚜️⚜️

that video was epic

Why did they give a little part of it to Canada though?

What happened with the small part that is now in Canada ?

America be lookin *thicc*

So how did Canada get back what is now their land?

The crazy thing is the population numbers thanks for the info

what abt the impact this had on indigenous people

What's $18 million in today's money?

So that's why there were Spanish coins there before it became America oooo can't wait to tell my coworker that his ancestors weren't the first ones here 😂

whats your accent? i cant place it..

The Louisiana was technically Spanish, Napoleon sold something that wasn’t French, it was Spanish...

Thanks I finished my homework now lol

how come the top part is far od Canada and not the united states if be bought it

what a fucking deal. holy shit.

18 dollars per sq.miles? ill take 150 sq.miles

Do a video on Canadian Wexit

Jefferson: Two things would make me happy.. Purchasing Louisiana, and a big plate of Freddy's delicious ribs

i love how its EXACTLY 5 mins long

Thank you Haiti

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We should do a movie in that….thing people could learn

Why...is it almost impossible...to find the exact western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase? No matter how hard I search...I cannot find the exact western boundary of this territory. Specifically...I am trying to discover the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase...inside the state of modern Louisiana. From all maps I have encountered...it seems the Red River was NOT the exact western boundary, as many assume. Wish there was information on the exact western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase inside modern Louisiana. Cannot find any information on this.

If Texas would've been part of that Louisiana, it would look exactly like Serbia!

Do a video on the US corporation.

I think the problem I'm having is with the texas part of french Louisiana, because for the texas revolution it shows that part of Texas is part of mexico

I hate doing this for school

Louisiana purchase only contained a bit of modern day Louisiana lol

What country are you from?

Funny how u refer the Haiti Revolution as San Dominguez rebellion 😆 #TheMatrix

What’s the problems posed by the Louisiana territory? ANSWER PLEASE 😭😭😭😭😭😭

hi usa can u give us bak luisiana pls, we buy for good price but pls it was ultra cool and all pls we want louisiana back!!

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They didn't not finish payment of 15 million, cause of war and like you said, other things..

thats how Territory purchases became a US tradition

(I'm a french) Louisiana is an American French and the little sister of "Québec" . We wanted "La nouvelle-Orléans" !

Except for Denver - can we give it back to France????

Hi, do you think there’s is enough information to write my 5-10 double paged research paper on how the Louisiana Purchase affected Native American (culture and life in general) ?

napoleon didnt want the french colony of louisiana to be taken by the british while he was at war with them, so he sold it to the united states of an abysmal price, there, explained in 15 seconds

What about the Canadian bit

Conflicts in Europe did bubble. And Napoleon surely had trouble. "To support my commands I will sell you some lands"). And the size of our nation did double! ----------------Limerick Rex

"What are the chances all those states suck?"

Laughs in louisianian

This has to be the worst deal in history . For the French

The description has a typo

as a North Dakotan resident i feel a little slighted you didn't mention the fact we also got partly purchased in that deal ;-;

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