The area of ​​America has doubled out just by the summer

Summer has played an important role for many historical events. In particular, the large US is as it is today thanks to this evil season.

America today consists of 50 states, is a country with a large area in the world. But you know, before the 19th century, the United States was only a part of itself today, when it owned only a part of East Mississippi.

Yet on a beautiful day in 1803, the United States suddenly . expanded, doubling its area twice after just one night. And what makes that miracle is . summer.

Small map of America in June 1800.

More than half of the United States once belonged to Napoleon the Great

In 1800, the Midwestern United States calculated from Mississippi belonged to a cult figure of Napoleon the Great France, after he negotiated with the Spanish colonialists.

The purpose of this famous emperor is to create a France in the New World (another name for the Americas).

France owned a large part of the United States that day.

And what helped him build an empire in the heart of America was . the way . At that time, sugar was the most valuable commodity in the world, while Napoleon owned Haiti - the production site of sugar accounted for half of the global output. From Haiti, the way around the world, and with money filled the pockets of France.

With huge amounts of money, construction is only a matter of time. However, in 1802, after 100 years of oppressive domination, more than 100,000 Haitian slaves rebelled against the region.

After 100 years of oppressive domination, more than 100,000 Haitian slaves rebelled against it, recapturing the entire site.

The rebellion caused Napoleon's money to be cut off, and of course caused the emperor to rage. In 1803, he sent more than 40,000 troops to attack, to crush the rebellion. It seemed like everything was back when the French army proved extremely overwhelming, but unfortunately, the rebels had a powerful weapon: the summer.

Hot summers, heavy rains, high air humidity . all help an insect to explode: mosquitoes. The swarm of mosquitoes flew out every time the sunset fell. And they brought a deadly weapon of yellow fever virus .

Hot summers, heavy rain, high humidity . all help mosquitoes to explode.

Today, every year there are 100,000 people suffering from yellow fever, of which about 10,000 - 20,000 people die. But that's the era when the world has vaccines. In the 19th century, people with yellow fever were almost sure to give themselves a one-way ticket to . the underworld.

Millions of mosquitoes attacked the French army that they had no way to fight back. People who burn are dead in less than a week. While with the liberating force, over many generations . burned, they have better resistance to the disease.

As a result, after losing up to a third of the army, the French army was forced to withdraw, Haiti was officially liberated.

Again talking about the French, because of losing huge amounts of money, the dream of building a new France in the "New World" also dissipated. The problem is that the whole of Central America is becoming a burden to Napoleon, and he decided to sell it.

By chance, the current US president Thomas Jefferson offered to buy the New Orleans port. For one thing, Napoleon . sold the whole of Central America, at a price so cheap that "could not refuse": $ 15 million for 828,000 square miles of land - an area equivalent to 17 states today. . This corresponds to about . $ 18 / square mile (410,000 VND), which is too cheap.

The entire sales contract has become an American historical event, with the name "Lousiana Purchase" .

The entire sales contract has become an American historical event, with the name "Lousiana Purchase" . And to get the contract to make America twice as big is the effort of a good factor: summer.