Picking up at the betrayal of Toussaint L'Ouverture by Charles LeClerc during the Haitian (Saint-Domingue) Revolution, this video details the ambiguity of the role of slavery in early 1800s France. Equipped with maps, images, and vibrant...

In 1803 - 20 years after the end of the Revolutionary War - Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the United States pays a total of $15 million dollars for French Lousiana Territory. 14 current U.S. states are comprised of the area purchased...

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned Merriwether Lewis and William Clark to find a water route from the east to the west coast of North America which they undertook beginning on May 14, 1804. [1:00]

Continues the discussion of slavery in the new territories, and how Congress admitted new states in pairs - one a free state, the other a slave state.

Video by Tom Richey on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase as part of a series on Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution. [5:16]

In this video, journalist and best selling author Cokie Roberts and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss women and their role in the expansion of America. [5:33]

Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" in conversation with Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute about Madison's role in the Louisiana Purchase. [1:54]

Madison was "the most important person responsible for creating what America is today" and played many roles in the founding of America. Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" gives an overview of his life. [6:04]

Covers John Adams and Jefferson, including the Alien Sedition Act, Nullification, the Election of 1800, the Louisiana Purchase, and Constitutional Power. [10:15]