The Louisiana Purchase, 1803: America Moves West.

The article discusses the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, in which the U.S. acquired much of the modern Midwestern U.S. from France. It examines the diplomats involved, including Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe for the U.S. and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord and François Barbé-Marbois for France. The author also considers the French experiences in attempting to suppress the 1791-1804 revolution in Haiti, then known as St. Domingo, and comments on the roles of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.