Fundamentals

This chapter argues that the story of the Louisiana Purchase is a simple story of expansionism. The key elements that played in this historic purchase were the factors of trade and navigation. There were two prevailing problems with the Louisiana Purchase: it was unclear whether the United States had the power to buy it, and whether France even had the power to sell it in the first place—as the boundaries of what constitutes Louisiana still remain to be vaguely presented in the Treaty of San Ildefonso.

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