MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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Doubled the size of the country
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It made the French and the United States become close allies
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Caused a revolution to occur with the French and the British
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Gave the United States control to Mississippi
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the United States? The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was extremely important to the United States because it dramatically expanded the size of the country. It essentially doubled the size of union. It was also acquired peacefully rather than through warfare.