USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -To them, the acquisition of Canada would provide some compensation for America’s commercial, material, and manpower losses. Acquiring Canada permanently would help make America more secure, as well, by severing connections between the British and their native allies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson’s foreign policy goal to expand U.S. territory westward was intended to help the U.S. have greater freedom in dealing with foreign powers on the North American continent and to consolidate the power of the young republic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frontier inhabitants were eager to strike at the British in Canada because they suspected them of arming Native American tribes that were standing in the way of America’s westward expansion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yet the larger reason was the transformation of the American economy. More land was crucial to a growing population of farmers.