"Canada and the Louisiana Purchase" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Jun 2017 11:33 a.m. PST |
"Parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan have a connection to Napoleon that cannot be claimed by anywhere else in Canada: they were once under Napoleon's rule. A question of boundaries
In 1803, short of funds for a planned invasion of England, Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana – France's territory in mainland North America – to the United States for $15 USD million. James Monroe (who appears in Napoleon in America) negotiated the purchase. When it came time to specify the boundaries, there was a slight problem. Most of the land in question had never been explored, surveyed or mapped by a white man. Treaties transferring Louisiana from France to Spain in 1763 and back to France in 1800 had not included a specific delineation of boundaries. Perpetuating this lack of definition, the French representatives agreed to cede to the United States…"
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Frederick  | 26 Jun 2017 5:52 p.m. PST |
Wow – I went to High School a few km away from there! |
| Tango01 | 27 Jun 2017 9:59 a.m. PST |
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ponders nirvana.
