I chose my topic of the Louisiana Purchase because I had always thought it was interesting how the United States got so much land for so cheap. We have learned in history that everything has some drawbacks, since you cannot please everyone.The question that I originally focused on, was “what were the effects of the Louisiana Purchase?”. The Louisiana Purchase is a significant one because it was the single largest real estate deal for the United States in history.
To start my research, I first went to Wikipedia to get a general outline of my topic. I read the entire article and did some more general research by Googling the "Louisiana Purchase". I learned interesting facts such as the land was bought for about 4 cents an acre, and that the whole Lewis and Clark expedition was to explore the newly purchased land. Then I went to the Britannica online encyclopedia for more info. I went to my first source, which was the Thomas Jefferson Blog, which gave a full map of the United States with the new addition of land. Then I wanted to get a source from a different point view such as an article, rather than a web page.. I went to Ask.com Geography and found an article that gave a summary of the Louisiana Purchase. I don't consider this source a very important or reliable source, but more as just a different view and a light summary. Lastly, I went to History.com and I found an article which I wanted to go more in depth of the wars and battles of the Louisiana Purchase. During the next week, I wanted to find more from primary sources. I went online and searched for the actual Louisiana Purchase treaty on a great site which had the full copy of the treaty along with a summary of the text that I found quite helpful.Then I found a site that had the Senate and House of Representatives Journal and recorded everything that happened during the discussion of the Purchase. This could be used as a primary source since it happened at the time and was crucial to the event. Lastly, I found a great article that was from the view of the French, which was different from most articles I found. In the following week, I wanted to look for more French based sources. I found a great copy of the Louisiana purchase which had all of the articles and was written legibly along with summaries. Then I found another article that had a summary of everything that happened along with a brief recount of the French Revolution. This week, I found an excellent book that was about Jefferson and his Presidency, but covered the Louisiana Purchase in great detail. This source had a lot of pictures and was easy to follow. The book is The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812. I then found another source at History.com that explained why the Spanish gave the land away, and why the French were okay with selling it for so cheap. These past few weeks, I have been going over all of the research that I have conducted. I got the answers to my original question, but my research is yet to uncover the negative effects of the Louisiana Purchase. After my polished draft was returned to me, I decided that I would create an entire paragraph for each of the drawbacks that I had listed.
The Louisiana Purchase had benefits which are key to the size and economy of our country today, but had drawbacks that were often overlooked involving slaves and conflicts
To start my research, I first went to Wikipedia to get a general outline of my topic. I read the entire article and did some more general research by Googling the "Louisiana Purchase". I learned interesting facts such as the land was bought for about 4 cents an acre, and that the whole Lewis and Clark expedition was to explore the newly purchased land. Then I went to the Britannica online encyclopedia for more info. I went to my first source, which was the Thomas Jefferson Blog, which gave a full map of the United States with the new addition of land. Then I wanted to get a source from a different point view such as an article, rather than a web page.. I went to Ask.com Geography and found an article that gave a summary of the Louisiana Purchase. I don't consider this source a very important or reliable source, but more as just a different view and a light summary. Lastly, I went to History.com and I found an article which I wanted to go more in depth of the wars and battles of the Louisiana Purchase. During the next week, I wanted to find more from primary sources. I went online and searched for the actual Louisiana Purchase treaty on a great site which had the full copy of the treaty along with a summary of the text that I found quite helpful.Then I found a site that had the Senate and House of Representatives Journal and recorded everything that happened during the discussion of the Purchase. This could be used as a primary source since it happened at the time and was crucial to the event. Lastly, I found a great article that was from the view of the French, which was different from most articles I found. In the following week, I wanted to look for more French based sources. I found a great copy of the Louisiana purchase which had all of the articles and was written legibly along with summaries. Then I found another article that had a summary of everything that happened along with a brief recount of the French Revolution. This week, I found an excellent book that was about Jefferson and his Presidency, but covered the Louisiana Purchase in great detail. This source had a lot of pictures and was easy to follow. The book is The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812. I then found another source at History.com that explained why the Spanish gave the land away, and why the French were okay with selling it for so cheap. These past few weeks, I have been going over all of the research that I have conducted. I got the answers to my original question, but my research is yet to uncover the negative effects of the Louisiana Purchase. After my polished draft was returned to me, I decided that I would create an entire paragraph for each of the drawbacks that I had listed.
The Louisiana Purchase had benefits which are key to the size and economy of our country today, but had drawbacks that were often overlooked involving slaves and conflicts