Strangers on Their Native Soil : Opposition to United States' Governance in Louisiana's Orleans Territory, 1803-1809 /

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After the United States purchased Louisiana, many inhabitants of the new American territory believed that Louisiana would quickly be incorporated into the Union and that they would soon enjoy rights as citizens. In March of 1804, however, Congress passed the Act for the Organization of Orleans Terri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vernet, Julien (Julien Paul) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slavery > Extension to the territories
Politics and government.
Government, Resistance to
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Extension aux États libres.
Resistance au gouvernement > Louisiane > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories.
Government, Resistance to > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
United States
Louisiana
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Aspect politique.
Louisiane > Politique et gouvernement > 1803-1865.
Louisiane > Histoire > 1803-1865.
United States > Territorial expansion > Political aspects.
Louisiana > Politics and government > 1803-1865.
Louisiana > History > 1803-1865.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "An object so dear to the heart of every American" : American interests and the purchase of Louisiana
  • A conquered people : the view from Washington
  • "A flame in the district" : the organization of protest against territorial government in Orleans
  • "Pestered with intriguants" : territorial administration under attack in Orleans and Washington
  • "A severe shock to W.C.C. and his gang" : the opposition's representatives in territorial and national government
  • Folly and failure : the fall of the opposition faction
  • Jefferson triumphant : republican Orleans and American Louisiana.

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