THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE
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Sacagawea
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Toussaint L’Ouverture
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Samuel Adams
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William Pitt
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander broke the Treaty of Tilsit with France by trading with England, openly challenging Napoleon’s power. On April 12, 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne after allied Austrian, Prussian and Russian forces vanquished his army and occupied Paris.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon’s colonies in the western world proved too costly to keep. He granted Haiti its independence and sold his holdings in continental North America to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. This was all due, in varying degrees, to Toussaint L’Ouverture’s leadership.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Slaves Who Defeated Napoleon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804.
Detailed explanation-4: -Toussaint L’Ouverture was a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave revolt in modern history known as the Haitian Revolution.