Work Cited. "The Louisiana Purchase Legislative Timeline." Century of Lawmaking:. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

This source is very detailed and well structured. It gives a Legislative timeline from 1802-1807 with pages from the Journal of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America volume 3. It is authoritative because it is a Journal of the Senate which records everything down and will not lie. It is important because what was down was about the Louisiana Purchase. The source also gives a brief summary of the page that it is about to show.

"The Treatyof TheLouisiana Purchase." The Louisiana Purchase Treaty. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

The source above gave a very elaborate but brief summary of the Louisiana Purchase. However, the most important part of this source is that it also had a copy of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, which is a major Primary Source since it is what the project is about. It gives a primary source and has no reason to lie, and it seems to be reliable since it is a historical website.

Harriss, Joseph. "Smithsonian.com." Smithsonian Magazine. N.p., Apr. 2003. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

The source above is a very good source because it goes very in depth about the Louisiana Purchase. It gives more of a French perspective to the story which is different from the usual sources which are from the American perspective. This source is also good because it has no reason to lie, and the Smithsonian is known for history and is reputable. This source goes very

deep into history so as to explain why the Purchase was so cheap, and why France was reluctant at first to sell.

"20c. Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase." Westward Expansion: The Louisiana [ushistory.org]. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013 .

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This was a good source because it had a lot of information along with a picture of the Purchase. One important thing was that it gave another French perspective and spent a good amount talking about the French and the history leading up to the Purchase, which I found useful since I had only found one other source so far that did that. This source had no reason to lie and seemed very reputable and famous.

"The Louisiana Purchase." The Louisiana Purchase. Lewisandclarktrail.com, n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013

This had an actual copy of the Lousisana Purchase treaty with all of its Articles which was hard to find that was legible. This counts as a primary source since it is from that time period and about my topic. This site was very reputable and went into great detail of the Purchase. This source had no reason to give false information or lie.

Barry, James P. "Louisiana Purchase." Louisiana Purchase. Gateway.com, n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.

This source seems very reliable and does not have a reason to lie. This source had a lot of detail as well as a great picture that shows how much the Purchase added to the United States. It has a great in depth text that goes into lots of detail and explains in a very simple way all of the major details of the Purchase.

Collier, Christopher, and James Collier Lincoln. The Jeffersonian Republicans: The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812, 1800-1820. New York: Benchmark, 1999.

This source was a book on the Louisisana Purchase but mostly about Jefferson and his decisions. I learned that many settlers wanted to take the port of New Orleans by force, but Jefferson wanted them to wait, which ended up paying off, because Jefferson did not make an enemy with France and ended up getting the land. France was busy trying to conquer the Santo Domingo islands and did not want to bother sendig troops to protect the port of New Orleans, so offered to sell not only the port of New Orleans, but the entire territory of Louisiana, since they needed money to fight the upcoming war with the English. The land was given back to France through a secret treaty which gave the land over in exchange for control over Tuscany. This source is authoritative and has no reason to lie. It was very well written and easy to follow with many pictures.

"U.S. Senate Ratifies the Louisiana Purchase." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 20 Oct. 2010. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.

This source told me that even though Napoleon seemed to be getting the raw end of the deal by selling the land so cheap, he was better off than it seemed. He sold the land as more of a precautionary measure rare than out of hopelessness. Since he was about to go to war with the English, by selling the land, if the English defeated him, they would not have it, and the land also gave them 15 million dollars in money to use for the war, which was a lot back then. It also explained that the reason the land was given back to the French was because American settlers were

settling by force, and Spain could not deal with them, so they just gave the land to France. This was unsettling to the Americans, because France was the most powerful nation at the time.

Trepanier, Cecyle. "The Cajunization of French Louisiana: Forging a Regional Identity." Jstor.org. N.p., 1991. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.

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This source was a scholarly journal which I found on J Stor. It was one of the most rich and deeply written documents I have read about my topic. It exceptionally covered the French and their mindset to the war against Europe, as well as their relationship with the Spanish. This source was not exactly what I was looking for in terms of my topic, but it did give me some pretty good information. J Stor is very reputable and has no reason to give false information or to lie.