The French Blood in America
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England had Can- ada on the north, and was likely very soon to take from France the Louisiana territory just as she had taken from Prance her Canadian possessions. With England in possession of this great section on our western boun- dary, with Spain still on the south and in the far west, it would have been easy for England to gain the ascendancy on the continent after all, and the United States would have covered but a small portion of the North American continent.
We must realize this in ord...er to estimate what vast service Napoleon rendered us when for his own selfish purposes he consummated the Louisiana Purchase for a sum amazingly small in comparison with the value of the territory. He needed money, it is true, and twenty-two „ .
millions were something. The amount indeed loomed large to the American commissioners, who were not au- thorized to enter into any such financial engagement.
But it was not the money that chiefly influenced Napo- Idon. He had good reason to believe that England would soon drive out the French and seize the territory, and he desired to have the United States rather than England 383 384 THE FEENCH BLOOD I¥ AMERICA The Greatest Land Sale in History The Field enter into possession of it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
England had Can- ada on the north, and was likely very soon to take from France the Louisiana territory just as she had taken from Prance her Canadian possessions. With England in possession of this great section on our western boun- dary, with Spain still on the south and in the far west, it would have been easy for England to gain the ascendancy on the continent after all, and the United States would have covered but a small portion of the North American continent.
We must realize this in ord...er to estimate what vast service Napoleon rendered us when for his own selfish purposes he consummated the Louisiana Purchase for a sum amazingly small in comparison with the value of the territory. He needed money, it is true, and twenty-two „ .
millions were something. The amount indeed loomed large to the American commissioners, who were not au- thorized to enter into any such financial engagement.
But it was not the money that chiefly influenced Napo- Idon. He had good reason to believe that England would soon drive out the French and seize the territory, and he desired to have the United States rather than England 383 384 THE FEENCH BLOOD I¥ AMERICA The Greatest Land Sale in History The Field enter into possession of it.
What to read after The French Blood in America?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Fosdick, Lucian J. (Lucian John), B. 1849 to read onlineMoreLess
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