USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -When France offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803, Jefferson wanted to seize the opportunity to double the size of the nation and to provide future generations with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of new farmland.

Detailed explanation-2: -While president, Jefferson successfully acquired the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 and sent the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803–1806) on a mapping and scientific exploration up the Missouri River to the Pacific.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1803, the United States doubled in size when President Thomas Jefferson agreed to buy 828, 000 square miles of land from France. This real estate deal came to be known as the Louisiana Purchase. Many scholars have called it the biggest feat in Jefferson’s presidency because it so radically changed the United States.