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Flashcards by Natalie Minor, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natalie Minor
over 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Napoleon | - repeatedly promised many things to the king of Spain - wanted Louisiana returned to become part of his wealthy empire |
| Talleyrand | - corrupt French minister (eventually replaced) - begun negotiations to sell Louisiana to US |
| Annex | To add territory to an already existing city, state, or nation |
| Diplomat | person appointed by national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain relations with a country |
| Jackson | - hero of Battle of New Orleans - US 7th president |
| Livingston | - American ambassador to Napolean's court - made decision to purchase all of Louisiana |
| Privateers | - "legally' seized enemy ships - goods stolen were later smuggled |
| Shreve | - designed a snag boat to pull logs from the Red River - name is honored for a city located on the river |
| Impressment | practice of forcing sailors to serve against their will |
| Monroe | - dipolomat sent to help negotiate the purchase of New Orleans - helped to secure the total purchase of Louisiana - US 5th president |
| Territory of Orleans | - One of two territories congress created in 1804 - Not the district of Louisiana |
| Sabine strip | - 'no man's land' - disputed territory - no government |
| Poydras | - president of Louisiana's first constitutional convention - helped adopt a constitution modeled on the one used in the state of Kentucky |
| Louisiana Purchase | In 1803 this land deal was worth $15 million |
| Jefferson | - sent ambassadors to France to buy New Orleans - returned with purchase of entire territory |
| Barataria Bay | home to private/privateer, Jean Laffite |
| Blockade | the isolating, closing off or surrounding a place by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance and exit |
| Barbe-Marbois | - Napolean's minister of France - negotiated final Louisiana purchase deal with the Americans |
| Capital | the seat of government for a state or nation |
| Lafitte | - leader of privateers - helped Americans defeat British at Battle of Orleans with supplies |
| Roosevelt | Landed first steamboat at docks of New Orleans in January 1812 |
| Claiborne | first governor of the state of Louisiana |
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