THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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It spread slavery to a large new territory.
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It increased the number of states in the Union.
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It transferred territory from France to the United States.
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It created an alliance between Spain and the United States.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Louisiana Purchase extended United States sovereignty across the Mississippi River, nearly doubling the nominal size of the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of this treaty, the nation doubled in size, adding territory that would become the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Minnesota, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Detailed explanation-3: -But France’s ruler at the time, Napoleon Bonaparte, was losing interest in establishing a North American empire and needed funds to fight the British, so he directed his emissaries to offer not just New Orleans but all of the Louisiana Territory to the Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Diplomacy of the French Cession Great Britain officially conceded Spanish ownership of Louisiana in February 1763 in one of the series of treaties ending the French and Indian War. This gesture was a mere formality, for the territory had been in Spanish hands for almost three months.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nearly doubled the size, allowed Americans control of the Mississippi, and allowed Americans to have western expansion.