The Louisiana Purchase (Turning Points in U.S. History) By Dennis Brindell Fradin
2010 | 52 Pages | ISBN: 076144257X | PDF | 5 MB
2010 | 52 Pages | ISBN: 076144257X | PDF | 5 MB
President Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase the mysterious territory west of the Mississippi, owned by France. How would his officials be able to convince Napoleon to sell it—and how would America pay for it? “The biggest real-estate deal in history” would more than double the size of the United States in 1803, making the young nation a major world power.