Louisiana Purchase Treaty Themes
Friendship
Timon and Pumbaa. Maverick and Goose. Brennan and Dale. France and the United States. What do all of these dynamic duos have in common?That's right: they're besties. They have the same interests, t...
Westward Expansion
Fate. Destiny. In the stars. Meant to be. We use these words and phrases to describe things that we see as inevitable, as the natural conclusion to a chain of events. And from our comfy 21st-centur...
Rules and Order
Sometimes deals are made on a handshake and a smile, and sometimes they require loads of complex contractual language and terms.Guess which kind of deal the Louisiana Purchase was?For anyone paying...
Sovereignty
Ever heard someone say, "My house, my rules"? Sure you have. When we own something—a car, a house, whatever—we pretty much get to dictate how things run in it.And nations work the same way: the...
Language and Communication
It couldn't have been easy, negotiating a deal like this. Aside from the obvious—hello, biggest real estate deal ever—there were other factors mucking things up. Like the fact that Livingston a...