MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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runaway slaves could not hide there.
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American Indians would have a place to live.
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American goods could move through New Orleans.
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the U.S. would have an ally against Great Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Thomas Jefferson feared that if Louisiana came under French control, American settlers living in the Mississippi River Valley would lose free access to the port of New Orleans.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Louisiana Purchase has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history. In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory–828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
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: -They negotiated a purchase treaty and returned to the U.S. in time for an announcement to be made on July 4, 1803. The Louisiana Purchase Treaty would not be final until it was ratified by the Senate, funded by the House of Representatives, and signed by the President.