that‚ “Americans never learned to add without also dividing”. This is referring to America’s inability to have more land without also having the land divided into sections‚ whether it be north and south or east and west. For example when the Louisiana Purchase was made‚ yes it added more land to the U.S‚ but it also made it so there was another territory that was different than the rest of America. The Missouri Compromise can be an example as well‚ when they applied to become a state‚ it was being
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Thomas Jefferson and Philosophical Consistency In years prior to Thomas Jefferson’s presidency‚ he was very vocal towards certain subjects. He was more for state’s rights moreso than anything else. He was a strict follower of the constitution. But did that change once he was president? Was he just putting on a false face to get the vote of the people? We may never know‚ but my opinion is that he had to evolve to the ever changing country we were back then. We faced many issues such as barbaric
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Jefferson did out-federalize the federalists by taking their arguments he felt were strong enough to be supported by the public and were best for the common good. Jefferson’s biggest action that stood out as a Federalist viewpoint was the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. When presented with the treaty‚ Jefferson feared that signing treaty was unconstitutional because it wasn’t directly stated in constitution. However‚ after thinking it over‚ Jefferson signed the treaty and rationalized for it through
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rights and economic liberty for all. Washington and Jefferson helped shape a stable government for the new nation by contributing equality‚ goal accomplishing‚ and stabilizing relations between the government and its people. Events such as the Louisiana Purchase in their presidencies shaped America’s future as an industrial country with a spirit of freedom and opportunity for all citizens. Thomas Jefferson’s presidency started with the Revolution of 1800‚ the first time political parties sent candidates
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Thirteen years after the Declaration of Independence‚ our first president‚ George Washington‚ was elected. Over several years‚ the first five presidents‚ George Washington‚ John Adams‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ and James Monroe‚ have taken actions to keep America away from the European nation’s contact and problems by altering the foreign policy. Foreign policy are the government’s strategy to protect the nation from foreign interference. There had to be foreign policy because of the fights
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explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase. The two men were to determine if the new territory actually had something that could contribute to America‚ or if there was nothing new or of importance. They were told to study the plant life‚ animals‚ and the geography of the region‚ to map out the borders of the land. In addition‚ they were to discover if the area had any natural resources which could make the land beneficial to the economy. What they discovered in the Louisiana Purchase was massive; numerous
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development was when Jefferson swallowed his constitutional reservations and bought the vast Louisiana territory. The Louisiana Purchase changed and affected the formative United States in many ways. By adding the Louisiana Territory‚ Jefferson helped expand the wave of slavery. It also resulted in a wide debate on the nature of the Constitution and the pros and cons. But on the other hand the Louisiana purchase had positive effects such as discovering new beneficial resources and giving the United States
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ever‚ right? This is exactly what I thought his intentions were. Though a very smart idea this was‚ it was morally wrong and unjust. In addition Napoleon tried to put other countries against each other. For example in 1803 after he failed the Saint Domingue expedition he sold the Louisiana territory to the United States. His reason was to “punish the British‚ the sale assures the forever power of the United States‚ and I have given England a rival that will‚ sooner or later‚ humble their pride.” I think
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The Missouri Compromise Sectional tension between the slave south and free north arose over the control of the vast western lands‚ in 1819. During that year‚ Missouri‚ the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River and carved from the Louisiana Purchase‚ wanted admission from the Congress to be recognized as a slave state. The territory contained a sufficient population to become a state‚ yet the House of Representatives withheld passing Missouri as a state. At the moment‚ the Tallmadge amendment
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President Thomas Jefferson 1801 - 1809 Thomas Jefferson came into presidency with the intentions of limiting the size and power of the central government. His success and failures in accomplishing this goal were many. Thomas Jefferson was America’s third president in reign from 1801 1809‚ once tying in the presidential race with Aaron Burr‚ where the decision was made by the House of Representatives to choose Jefferson whom they thought was less dangerous than Burr. As president he was
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