The Louisiana Purchase
1/5/202654 min
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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson negotiated the purchase of 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon, including the modern states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Colorado, among many others. At the stroke of a pen, the nation almost doubled in size. But the purchase of Louisiana was only the beginning. Immediately, the America...
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It is the 22nd of January, 1804, a dark evening in the middle of winter. But in the city of New Orleans on the southern coast of the United States, the weather is still mild. A small carriage drawn by a pair of shabby horses pulls up outside the city's public ballroom. A young man in a dark evening coat and white cravat jumps out and drops a few coins into the driver's outstretched hand. George Morgan is one of a growing number of Anglo-Americans who have moved into the territory of Louisiana, which has only just been handed over by the French. But the inhabitants of New Orleans are still largely of French descent, and their culture and customs define the city. George hurries up the short flight of steps to the red brick building and pushes open the heavy door.