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如果你現在到紐奧良去玩，你會看到西班牙與法國式的建築與文化
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參議院於1803年10月20日批准路易斯安那購買條約 (Louisiana
Purchase Treaty)
美國從1802年開始與法國談判這項購買案。在談判過程中，湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜總統擔心西班牙可能會把紐奧良這個戰略港口交還給法國。一旦紐奧良被軍事獨裁者拿破崙‧波拿巴 (Napoleon
Bonaparte) 所有，那麼美國住在密西西比流域附近的居民可能無法使用該港。經過幾個月的思考後，拿破崙因為急需作戰經費，所以在1803年決定將這些地方賣給美國。
The United States started negotiating the purchase with France in 1802. President Thomas Jefferson feared that Spain, which had controlled the strategic port of New Orleans since 1762, might give it back to France. Were New Orleans under the control of military dictator Napoleon Bonaparte, Jefferson feared that American settlers living in the Mississippi valley would lose free access to the port. After months of inaction, Napoleon offered to sell the territory to the U.S. in 1803; he needed the money.
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