Dbq Louisiana Purchase

George Washington’s Presidency established the rule that a president was only supposed to serve two terms in office. This unwritten rule was only ever broken by Franklin Roosevelt during WW II, and it later became an Amendment to the Constitution. Second, Washington talked at great length about isolationism in his farewell address, specifically citing that America should avoid foreign entanglements in Europe.
The Louisiana Purchase was an unconstitutional act committed by Thomas Jefferson. The land was purchased from France was sold by Napoleon Bonaparte who needed the money to fund his European wars The purchase more than doubled the amount of land owned by the United States and was largely explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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