THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENT JEFFERSONS ELECTION AND JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY
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more money from Spain
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more money from England
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there was a threat to shut it down
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more settlers because of the Lousiana Purchase
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most important, the Cession of Louisiana put the United States in control of the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River, a vital trade route.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase? The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Original Goal: Buying New Orleans To him, New Orleans was key: Whoever owned it would be America’s natural enemy because that nation would control the channel through which produce from more than a third of the United States had to pass.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.