The United States bought 828,000 square miles of land from France in 1803. The French controlled this region from 1699 until 1762 when it became Spanish property because France gave it to Spain as a present, since they were allies. But under Napoleon Bonaparte, France revived the aspirations to build an empire in North America so the territory was taken back in 1800. However, those big plans were not meant to be because Napoleon needed to concentrate on preparations for war with the British Empire and so the land was sold to the United States. The price was 15 million dollars.
The purchased territory included the whole of today’s Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, parts of Minnesota and Louisiana west of Mississippi River, including New Orleans, big parts of North and northeastern New Mexico, South Dakota, northern Texas, some parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado as well as portions of Canadian provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan.
First, it brought slavery to an end. Slavery ended with the ratification of the thirteenth amendment. Second, it showed Americans that fighting a civil war is not the way to go.
Answer:
- Land, labor, and capital also are known as factors of Production
- Economies must answer the three economic questions because resources are Limited
- If an economy does not answer the three economic questions, resources may Run out
- Negative consequences can result when an economy does not answer the three economic questions.
Explanation:
The three basic economics question that must be answered are:
- What goods and services will be produced?
- How will the goods and service will be produced?
- Who will consume the goods and services?
Every society must answer these three question in order to meet the needs of its people. Every society answer these 3 basic questions differently, but each encounters the same fundamental problems, that are resourcea allocation and scarcity.
No, I do not think Donahue supports devolution. Devolution is defined as the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration. Donahue believes the state governments nowadays have way too much power in our society and the power of our federal government is declining.
