MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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Thomas Jefferson was concerned about the Louisiana Purchase because of the following reason
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he worried the land was difficult terrain and would be hostile from Native American attacks
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He was unsure the Constitution granted him the power to purchase land on behalf of the United States
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He worried about angering farmers who made up the core of his party’s votes.
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He did not trust the French from spending so much of his youth in France
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1800 Spain had transferred the Louisiana Territory to France, whose Emperor Napoleon held ambitions for establishing a French colonial empire in North America. President Thomas Jefferson worried that French control of the Mississippi River might close off that vital transportation route to the American West.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson adhered to a strict interpretation of the Constitution and believed that without a specific enumeration of his right as president to acquire the purchase, buying the Louisiana Territory could plausibly be unconstitutional.
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