The right answer is A. the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
The Louisiana territory, initially populated by Indians, then settled by the French, had been ceded to Spain in 1763. Since that time the dream of retaking Louisiana had stirred the French, and the audacious general Napoléon Bonaparte had retrieved it for France from his Spanish allies in 1800. Napoléon was willing to sell the Louisiana Territory because his French army in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) had been decimated not only by a massive slave revolt but also by yellow fever. Concerned about financing another round of warfare in Europe, Napoléon decided to cut French losses in the Americas by selling the entire Louisiana Territory and thereby gaining cash for his ongoing war with Great Britain. Great Britain. By the Treaty of Cession, dated April 30, 1803, the United States obtained the Louisiana Territory for about $15 million.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
Although these are all good. You do not need first hand accounts.
John Jacobs Rascob (I think?) built the Empire state building purely because he was competing with other entrepreneurs to construct the tallest in the world!
What an extraordinary fact, don't you think?
Hope this helps!
- Z
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Liberia was a place setted up by the Americans to return the African slaves back to Africa.
It would be "(D) British trade and defensive treaties with Texas," that was not a cause of delaying the annexation of <span>Texas, since the delay mostly had to do with the North being upset with the idea of adding another slave state to the Union. </span>
