A | B |
one million | number of Americans in1800 |
Thomas Pinckey | Ambassador sent to Spain to find a way to open the port at New Orleans |
Pinckey Treaty | Spain agreed to open the port at New Orleans |
Toussaint L 'Ouverture | Haitian leader who helped Haiti gain independence from France |
Talleyrand | French foreign minister who negotiated the purchace of Louisiana for $15 million |
Livingston-Monroe | American ambassadors who secured the Louisiana Purchase for $15 million |
Louisiana Purchase | Vast new lands in America west of the Mississippi River |
Lewis and Clark | Men incharge of exploring the new Louisiana Purchase |
Corps of Discovery | Band of 40 men who explored the Louisiana purchase with Lewis and Clark |
Sacajawea | Shoshone woman who led Lewis and Clark across the Rocky Mountains |
Continental Divide | Mountain ridge that separates the river systems in North America |
Zebulon Pike | Explorer of the upper Mississippi river |