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【阅读理解BytheLouisianaPurchaseof1803theUnitedStatesboughtfromFranceavastareaofsome828000squaremiles.Thiswasoneofthebiggestlandpurchasesinhistory.TheareastretchesfromtheMississippiRiverint】
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BytheLouisianaPurchaseof1803theUnitedStatesboughtfromFranceavastareaofsome828000squaremiles.Thiswasoneofthebiggestlandpurchasesinhistory.TheareastretchesfromtheMississippiRiverintheeasttotheRockyMountainsinthewestandfromtheGulfofMexicointhesouthtotheUnitedStates--Canadianborderinthenorth.Thisterritory(领土)makesupathirdoftheUnitedStates.Itincludedbeforeterritorialadjustmentallorpartsofwhatweretobecome15States.

Thishugeregionwasexploredinthe16thcenturybytheSpaniard.AFrenchmanin1682nameditLouisianainhonorofhiskingLouisⅩⅣ(1638-1715).Earlyinthe18thcenturytheFrenchfoundedsettlementsalongtheMississippiRiver.Themostimportantone.NewOrleanswasfoundedin1718ontheeastbankoftheriver90milesfromitsmouth.In1732theFrenchGovernmenttookcontrolofLouisiana.

AttheendoftheFrenchandIndianWar(1754-1763)inNorthAmericaFrenchlostitslandseastoftheMississippitotheBritain.InanagreementFrancegaveupLouisiana--theFrenchlandswestoftheMississippiandNewOrleans--toSpain.

Inthelate18thcenturyNapoleonBonaparte(1769-1821)rosetobecomethefirstemperorofFrance.HedreamedofcreatinganewFrenchcolonialempireinNorthAmerica.In1800hepersuadedtheSpanishrulerstosignthesecretTreatyofSanIldefonso.ThistreatytransferredLouisianabacktoFrance.OnOctober151802thekingofSpainfinallygavetheordertransferringLouisianatoFrance.

WhenPresidentThomasJefferson(1743-1826)learntofthesecretagreementhewasveryworried.HedidnotwelcometheideaofhavingastrongFranceasaneighbourinthewestinplaceoftheweakSpain.JeffersonwasalsoafraidthatwhentheFrenchcontrolledNewOrleanstheywouldclosetheMississippitoAmericatrade.

JeffersonorderedRobertR.Livingston(1746-1813)theAmericaministertoFrancetoexplorethepossibilityofpurchasingNewOrleansandpartofWestFloridanearthemouthoftheMississippi.JeffersonusedpsychologytoforceNapoleon'shand.HepermittedtofallintothehandsoftheFrenchEmperorsomefalsesecretletterssayingthattheUnitedStateswouldjoinBritainforallattackonLouisiana.InMarch1830JamesMonroe(1758-1831)wenttoPar

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