A.+Louisiana+Purchase,+Battle+of+New+Orleans,+1814-1815

//**The Louisiana Purchase (1803) **// **The Louisiana Purchase symbolizes America's first official push to expand to give breathing room for the developing nation to fill. It also established America's intention of permanently keeping the land they purchased.**
 * Purchased by Jefferson
 * Napolean allowed the land to be purchased very cheaply
 * Napolean was involved in another war with Britain and needed funding for it
 * He also lacked the manpower to defend it
 * In hopes of avoiding bloodshed, Jefferson purchased it at a measly $11.25 million for 828,800 square miles of land
 * This transaction was intended, by Jefferson, to expand America beyond its borders
 * First big push for imperialism in America
 * The purchase contained much of the midwest, but was mainly for ports and harbors in New Orleans


 * The Battle of New Orleans

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 * Conclusion to the war of 1812
 * Led by Andrew Jackson
 * Fought against the British and their superior naval army
 * Categorized as "the most decisive victory of the war"
 * A defensive against the British onslaught
 * One of the battles, which took place on the Rodriquez Canal, summarizes the flawlessness of the victory
 * This particular battle resulted in a total of over 1,700 British casualties and a miniscule 34 American casualties
 * Jefferson bought New Orleans with the purchase, and Jackson and his army established that it was ours to keep