Topic: International Relations
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Louisiana Purchase Treaty
This treaty was signed by representatives from the U.S. and France on 30 April 1803. For $15 million, the Americans bought some 828,000 acres west of the Mississippi River, doubling...
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Map of Africa
This 1725 map of Africa reflects a British understanding of the internal organization and divisions within the continent. Cloth, guns, and other goods were sold to Africans in exchange for...
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Map of Carolina
This 1732 map shows English claims in the southeastern part of North America. South Carolina land-holders received royal permission, or a charter, from the British crown in 1663 to develop...
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Map of the Discoveries of Lewis and Clark
This map was the work of Robert Frazer, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Frazer had kept a journal that he intended to publish. In 1807, after he...
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Map of the United States of North America
This map of the United States was made by an English mapmaker in 1796. Kentucky and Tennessee were the only western states and the state of Georgia still claimed the...
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Marie Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
The portrait is of the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette, depicted wearing the clothing of a French nobleman, arrived in America in 1777. He soon became a trusted confidant of George...
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Memorial to the States General
In this message, John Adams explains why the Netherlands should accept him as a legitimate diplomatic envoy. He discusses the many reasons why Americans rejected British rule and points out...
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Mercy Otis Warren to Catharine Macauley
This letter is from Mercy Otis Warren, a poet and playwright whose works advocated resistance against English oppression, to Catharine Macaulay, a famous British historian. Warren discusses the recent series...
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Message to the Senate and House
In this January 1804 message to Congress, President Jefferson applauded the successful occupation of the recently purchased Louisiana Territory by U.S. civil and military authorities. Jefferson believed that acquiring this...
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