"Originally published as The Louisiana Purchase: would you close the deal? in 2008"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents
A nation waiting to grow -- Settlers move West -- Many stay in America -- Spain accepts France's deal -- Robert Livingston goes to France -- Livingston has little success -- Jefferson tries to make a deal -- Napoleon does not sell -- Congress avoids war -- Napoleon does not attack the British -- Napoleon decides to sell -- Livingston and Monroe make the Louisiana Purchase!
Summary
"In the early 1800s, the United States wanted control of the port of New Orleans. President Thomas Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to make the deal. At first, French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte stood in the way. But after work by Livingston and Monroe, Napoleon offered to sell them not just New Orleans, but the whole Louisiana Territory! The land would double the size of the United States. Would you buy the territory? You have a chance to change American history. What would you do?" -- Page [4] cover.
