True History - Veritas Card # 28 (Red Card) - The Louisiana Purchase From France

The Louisiana Purchase From France - 1803

     How would you like to live in a brand new land and to be able to explore all the different areas available? The land in the United States was vast, but much of it had been unexplored, plus, it really didn't belong to the U.S. yet.
   The United States was now a growing nation. The Northwest area had been won from Great Britain. Indian attacks were happening, but the new army which had been established by the Constitution, was used to control these attacks.
   Now there were farms and farmers in the U.S. and they used the Mississippi River to transport their crops to different markets. New Orleans was the main shipping place in this newly discovered land.
  Napoleon planned French settlement and control west of the Mississippi, and New Orleans had changed from Spanish to French control because of these plans.
   Thomas Jefferson had to make some decisions about Napoleon's control of the west. He didn't think it was in the best interest for western American commerce and sent James Monroe to negotiate buying New Orleans. Napoleon not only sold New Orleans but all of the Louisiana Territory for the price of $15,000,000. This decision resulted in our new nation doubling its size! This decision was made quickly and was swiftly approved by the Senate.

Today in History - December 2, 1804 - Napoleon is Crowned Emperor

Today in History - December 2, 1804 - Napoleon is Crowned Emperor

I thought about picking out something from old History today. You can find more information on Napoleon Bonaparte by doing an internet search or reading old History books. 

  Before this article below, I wanted to put a quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about what he thought about Jesus Christ. "I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between Him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creation of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him." - Napoleon


     In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head.

The Corsican-born Napoleon, one of the greatest military strategists in history, rapidly rose in the ranks of the French Revolutionary Army during the late 1790s. By 1799, France was at war with most of Europe, and Napoleon returned home from his Egyptian campaign to take over the reigns of the French government and save his nation from collapse. After becoming first consul in February 1800, he reorganized his armies and defeated Austria. In 1802, he established the Napoleonic Code, a new system of French law, and in 1804 he established the French empire. By 1807, Napoleon's empire stretched from the River Elbe in the north, down through Italy in the south, and from the Pyrenees to the Dalmatian coast.

You can read the rest of this story at: www.history.com/this-day-in-history/napoleon-crowned-emperor.