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Flashcards by Natalie Minor, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natalie Minor
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| Question | Answer |
| Louisiana Purchase (1803) | - wanted R of D, tried to buy Isle of Orleans - US became rising power - territory of Orleans and District of La |
| Napolean's reasons for selling Louisiana | - unsuccessful in taking Haiti (yellow fever) - needed money for a war - prevent British and American alliance - prevent British colonization |
| arguments against Louisiana purchase | - expensive - full of foreigners - competition with eastern ports - too big to defend - constitutional? |
| effects of Louisiana purchase for farmers | - happy - right of deposit gone |
| effects of Louisiana purchase for Creoles | - sad - American culture was mainly British which they did not like |
| Sabine Strip and West Florida | - annexed onto Louisiana - previously owned by Spain |
| 1811 Slave revolt | - led a revolt of 150-500 people - marched from plantations to New Orleans - heads were placed on stakes as a warning |
| requirements to become a state | - 60,000 residents - congress approves - President signed statehood bill - state constitution |
| Claiborne against statehood | - Believed French Creoles were not ready for democracy - wanted more Americans in LA |
| 1812 | - Louisiana becomes a state - War of 1812 starts (Jackson vs. Pakenham) |
| West Florida Republic | - Anglo Americans wanted to be part of US - revolted from Spain - created country with flag and constitution - US annexed onto LA |
| War of 1812 Causes | - territorial disputes (British in the US) - trade restrictions - Native agitation (gave NA weapons) - impressment |
| Jackson's army | US troops, free people of color, Choctaw, Privateers, Creoles, Tennesse and Kentucky sharpshooters (volunteers) |
| Battle of New Orleans conditions | - muddy field - foggy and freezing |
| Battle of New Orleans | - foggy, muddy, freezing - British wanted control of River/trade - Chalmette, in between river and swamp - Victory made Americans view Creoles as = |
| Foreign policy | - a country's strategy to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goal in international relations - examples with La connection: purchase, War of 1812, from Spain to France owned |
| Galvez | - Yo Solo for military feats a. Forts Panmure, Baton Rouge, and Manchac secure Mississippi b. Forts Pensacola and Mobile secure gulf |
| Miro | - disliked at first a. coartacion b. no Sunday trade or gambling - dealt with Great Fire of 1788 |
| Carondalet | - halted slave trade (revolt in Haiti) - Right of Deposit - created canal, street lamps, police force, and newspaper |
| Anglos | - From America - To New Orleans and North Louisiana - offered free land with restrictions |
| Acadians | - From Acadia - To Southwest Louisiana - expelled from homeland by British |
| Islenos | - From Canary Islands - To St. Bernard Parish - recruited for military |
| Malaguenos | - From Malaga, Spain - To St. Bernard Parish - farmers |
| God | religious - spread Christianity and weaken Middle Eastern Muslims |
| Glory | political - become a world power by gaining wealth and land |
| Gold | economic - search for new trade routes with direct access to Asian/African luxury goods that would enrich individuals and their nations |
| French Louisiana ownership | 1. King/Royal 2. Crozat (proprietership) 3. Company of the West/Indies ( John Law) 4. King/Royal |
| mercantalism and proprietership | economic systems tried and failed in French Louisiana |
| Challenges of LaSalle's expedition | - storm caused his ship to sink - overthrown by his men |
| Bienville's bluff | - Bienville unexpectedly finds an English ship on the Mississippi - told the captain he was trespassing and French troops were waiting to attack - English settlement is prevented |
| Code Noir | set regulations for slaves and their masters |
| 1718 | - New Orleans is founded a. strategically located b. port city establishes trade c. port city attracts diversity |
| French success in Louisiana | Diveristy - indentured servants, slaves - Germans (saved the city from famine) - nuns, casket, and pelican girls - coureurs de bois, forcats, creoles |
| Effects of the Louisiana Purchase | - doubled size of us (seen as rising power) - more diversity - Mississippi river = trade and resources - westward expansion/manifest destiny |
| Why was LA purchase successful foreign policy for the US | - war prevented - effects of purchase - diplomats succeded far beyond their mission |
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