E pluribus unum: One Made from Many

1. Buying Louisiana

1.1. The Misissippi River affects the farmers of the western side of U.S.A.

1.2. Napoleon's Dream

1.2.1. They name the west lands of Misissippi "Louisiana" after the French King Louis XIV.

1.2.2. Jeffersons concern because France was taking the "mouth" of the Misissippi.

1.2.3. Jefferson bought New Orleans and all the lands on the east bank of the river.

1.3. Haiti upsets Napoleon's plans

1.3.1. Napoleon recalled the island of Haiti as Saint Dominique.

1.3.2. Pierre Dominique Toussant L'Ouverture tool the position as a comander of the armies .

1.3.3. In 1801 Napoleon send out a troop to conquer Toussaint.

1.3.4. In 1802-1803 they send an expedition that never sail and the general LeClerc dead of fever.

1.4. Napoleon sell Louisiana to the american ministers in Paaris, at the price of 15 million dolars.

1.5. The New World

1.5.1. Built a continental-wide Empire of liberty

1.5.2. Occur the beggining of a straight line for the race across North America to the Pacific.

1.5.3. Freed Americans from the sharp, confining western boundary.

1.6. The Lewis and Clark expedition

1.6.1. Jefferson choose Lewis Meriwether and William Clark to lead the expedition beyond the Misissippi.

1.6.2. In 1805 the explorers crossed the "Great Divide" and then they reached the Pacific Ocean.

1.7. The Federalist protest

1.7.1. In 1800 Burr get to a duel with Hamilton.

1.7.2. In 1804 After each had fired a shot, Hamilton fell mortally wounded.

1.7.3. In 1805 some New ENgland Federalists considered breaking up the Union and setting up a northern confederacy.