Essays on Louisiana Purchase

The process through which the English settlers became Americans was twofold: they claimed North America as their home and cut ties with the mother country. First, the Red Indian tribes that existed throughout the lands claimed North America as their home, albeit in separate units. For that reason, confrontations that closely resembled a tug of war ensued because two distinct groups were vying for the same resources. Now, the assimilation of one faction by the other was impossible as their traditions differed greatly. Hence, it is no wonder that David Edmunds’ Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership revolves ...

On 14 March, 1784 Eli Whitney had introduced a technology, that had changed the world of cotton industry from now on and forever. According to the Patent for cotton gin, he received, the machine illustrated was designed to set apart cotton fiber and the seed (Patent for Cotton Gin, 1784). Technology, that Whitney had invented, could make cotton industry of America as profitable as never before due to the fact that cotton gin could produce nearly fifty pounds of cleaned cotton per day. And that is what it did. After 1800 yeild of raw cotton doubled each decade making ...

Critical Thinking

The 1803 purchase of Louisiana from France had a profound effect on America; it not only changed the geography of the country but also its social, political and economic pillars. The purchase, which occurred during the term of President Thomas Jefferson, had the effect of almost doubling the landmass of America (Fleming, 46). It would be interesting to evaluate America's continental and global position had the purchase not taken place. This is especially the case given that the country would have had access to the Gulf of Mexico hence denying farmers on the frontier an opportunity to engage in ...

I, Thomas Jefferson, have always been a true constructionist leader with respect to the stern stance and interpretation of the constitution as the President of the United States of America. However, the ethical and moral dilemma that I have been facing currently is regarding stretching beyond the realms of constitutional rights of a President to authorize a land purchase deal with the French government for the state of Louisiana for $15 million. My most confusing ethical dilemma comes in terms of choosing between the lucrative deal by adding almost all of the land between the Mississippi river and the ...