MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Sacagawea
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Meriwether Lewis
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James Madison
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William Clark
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Detailed explanation-1: -They appointed the pro-French Robert R. Livingstonas American minister to Paris. In May 1802 Madison instructed Livingston to negotiate for the purchase of New Orleans.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Original Goal: Buying New Orleans Even as he was laying the groundwork for what became the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to explore Louisiana and the western lands, Jefferson gave his ambassador in Paris, Robert Livingston, instructions to negotiate with the French to buy New Orleans.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to making military preparations for a conflict in the Mississippi Valley, Jefferson sent James Monroe to join Robert Livingston in France to try to purchase New Orleans and West Florida for as much as $10 million.