{"id":13355,"date":"2014-02-07T21:31:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T21:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=13355"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:19:30","slug":"the-louisiana-purchase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/the-louisiana-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmDeferVideoEncompass_CzQMPAdXvrs\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> \n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" id=\"videoThumbnailImage_CzQMPAdXvrs\" data-source-videoID=\"CzQMPAdXvrs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" alt=\"Louisiana Purchase Video\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" class=\"size-full\" data-matomo-title = \"Louisiana Purchase\">\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>img#videoThumbnailImage_CzQMPAdXvrs:hover {cursor:pointer;} img#videoThumbnailImage_CzQMPAdXvrs {background-size:contain;background-image:url(\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Louisiana-purchase-thumb.jpg\");}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<script defer>\n\t\t\t  jQuery(\"img#videoThumbnailImage_CzQMPAdXvrs\").click(function() {\n\t\t\t\tlet videoId = jQuery(this).attr(\"data-source-videoID\");\n\t\t\t\tlet helpTag = '<div id=\"mmDeferVideoYTMessage_CzQMPAdXvrs\" style=\"display: none;position: absolute;top: -24px;width: 100%;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: small;border-top: 1px solid #fc0;\">Having trouble? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v='+videoId+'\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/span><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\tlet tag = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\ttag.id = \"yt\" + videoId;\n\t\t\t\ttag.src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\" + videoId + \"?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=0&enablejsapi=1\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.frameborder = 0;\n\t\t\t\ttag.allow = \"autoplay; fullscreen\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.width = this.width;\n\t\t\t\ttag.height = this.height;\n\t\t\t\ttag.setAttribute(\"data-matomo-title\",\"Louisiana Purchase\");\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_CzQMPAdXvrs\").html(tag);\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_CzQMPAdXvrs\").prepend(helpTag);\n\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(function(){jQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoYTMessage_CzQMPAdXvrs\").css(\"display\", \"block\");}, 2000);\n\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>So, you want to know about the Louisiana purchase? Great, but before we jump into all that, let me take you to a place a place far away from America.<\/p>\n<p>France, from 1789 to 1799 was in turmoil during a bloody and chaotic revolution. With the rise of Napoleon to power, however, things seemed to level out, except for war debts, which he continued to accrue with battling the British and anyone else who got in the way of him expanding France\u2019s global power!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1801 and had always been a proponent of what would become known as Manifest Destiny. But that meant acquiring millions of square miles of territory, so he began to press France to sell. He specifically wanted the port city of New Orleans, because it was at the mouth of the Great Mississippi River, which was used for trading by virtually everyone ever.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at first, France rejected the offers, but as Napoleon began hurting for money more and more, he seriously considered it. Finally, in 1803, President Jefferson sent future president James Monroe to negotiate with the French. This ended up working quite well, as not only did the Napoleon finally agree to sell New Orleans, but tossed the entirety of the French territory into the offer for only $5 million more, creating a grand total $15 million.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/videoframe_123432.png\" alt=\"Map showing the Louisiana Purchase territory in brown overlaying part of the present-day United States, with current state boundaries outlined and labeled.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-294197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/videoframe_123432.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/videoframe_123432-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/videoframe_123432-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/videoframe_123432-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/videoframe_123432-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><br \/>\nNeedless to say, this was a steal at only 3 cents an acre. At around 826,000 square miles, it essentially doubled the size of American territory! This area was full of fertile soil, grazing lands, and much more. It would make up parts of 15 states, including Louisiana (which became a state in 1812), Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, all of the land, which spanned from the Mississippi to the Rockies was inhabited by Native Americans, much to the chagrin of American leaders, but more on that in another video.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, happy studying!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":292904,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-13355","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"page_category-history-videos","7":"page_type-video","8":"subject_matter-social-studies"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13355"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294200,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13355\/revisions\/294200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}