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The Role Of American Diplomacy In The Louisiana Purchase, Rebecca Warren
The Role Of American Diplomacy In The Louisiana Purchase, Rebecca Warren
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When a powerful and ambitious nation peacefully transfers almost 600,000,000 acres to a comparatively insignificant nation, the event deserves careful scrutiny and evaluation. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was such a transaction. Although events and personalities surrounding the Purchase were complex and numerous, the one factor to be examined here is the role of American diplomacy. The problem is to determine the influence American diplomacy had in securing the Louisiana Purchase.