The boundaries of Louisiana took shape as a result of the political conflicts that gripped Europe and stretched across the Atlantic Ocean. These conflicts played out differently in the New World, as the United States exploited Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in 1807 and the subsequent crisis within the Spanish empire to seize West Florida in 1810. The Mexican struggle for independence also made Spain willing to make major territorial concessions in the West, even as the United States abandoned some of its own ambitions in Texas. It was not until 1819 that the Transcontinental Treaty finally established the eastern and western boundaries of Louisiana.
In the midst of these international conflicts, the federal government was also subdividing the land acquired through Louisiana Purchase into manageable political subdivisions. In 1804, Congress created the Territory of Orleans, which included much of the territory that now constitutes the state of Louisiana. Territorial rule was intended to provide a temporary system of government for the region and to prepare Louisiana for eventual statehood and jurisdictional equality alongside the other states of the union. The federal leadership appointed most major offices, while local residents were allowed to elect a territorial legislature. This system of territorial administration constituted a dramatic change from European imperial rule.
The main way in which a desire to build a stronger nation might affect a
ruler's decision to become a protestant or a catholic is because he or
she would want to "become" the religion that is favored most in the
country, as to eliminate any political dissent by the people.
in Britain turnpike trusts were generally succesful in increasing road maintenance and investment.On average they spent 10 and 20 times more than the parishes they replaced.Most trusts purchased land and materials in order to widen their roads and improve the surface.
Southerners opposed slavery in a wide variety of ways. Teaching the enslaved how to read was a direct violation of ant-slave codes that were prevalent during the antebellum period (1830-1860). Many Southerners were also actively involved in antislavery and later abolitionist work. They hid, fed and financed fugitives who escaped from plantations in various parts of the South.