Format:
vi, 186 p. : 21 cm.
ISBN:
0-471-26738-4
Series Statement:
Turning points
Content:
"In 1801, relations between the world's only two republics, the United States and France, were at a low ebb. American merchants had just lost millions of dollars to French privateers in the "Quasi-War" of the late 1790s, and Napoleon was scheming to acquire the Louisiana Territory from Spain and create a "wall of brass" that would halt America's westward expansion. Yet only a few years later, Napoleon agreed to sell Louisiana to the United States for
Language:
English
Keywords:
Louisiana Purchase
;
Geschichte
