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    “Jeffersonian Democracy”‚ the War of 1812 contributed because until the war hawks and a growing desire to obtain Florida and Canada Jefferson did not want to get involved in war with Europe‚ and the Louisiana Purchase also changed his views because he was very Constitutional and when the treaty for the Louisiana Purchase was presented it was argued to be Constitutional. Americans in the South wanted to gain Florida and the people in the North wanted Canada. Jefferson didn’t want to just invade and capture

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    Known as the Louisiana Purchase‚ it opened up great opportunities to the United States and was one of Thomas Jefferson’s most important achievements. It introduced westward expansion‚ which made it possible for the United States to become a stable country and one of the great powers. Thomas Jefferson made it his goal to explore the west‚ and thought that the Louisiana purchase was a safe way to assure the U.S. safe passage while expediting. Since

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    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. The

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    The Louisiana Purchase was the fountain we all needed. This purchase connected us with a nature that in turn affected our muses and created a love that resulted in an abundance of new literary ideas. For many nature was a link to greater literature‚ with its beauty and diversity. After the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase from Lewis and Clark and possibly their own voyage outward‚ people got a better view of

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    office after Jefferson won and did so peacefully‚ though not necessarily happily and the Republicans were more of the “people’s party” compared to the Federalists. 3. Discuss the factors that led to the Louisiana Purchase. In 1800‚ Napoleon secretly induced the king of Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France. Then‚ in 1802‚ the Spaniards at New Orleans withdrew the right of deposit guaranteed by the Pinckney Treaty of 1795. Such deposit privileges were vital to the frontier farmers who floated

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    deal was reached. Louisiana Purchase- Robert Livingston- along with James Monroe‚ negotiated in Paris for the Louisiana land area; signed a treaty on April 30‚ 1803 ceding Louisiana to the United States for $15 million.  The Americans had signed 3 treaties and gotten much land to the west of the Mississippi.  820‚000 square miles at 3 cents/acre. Jefferson sent his personal secretary‚ Meriwether Lewis‚ and William Clark to explore the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase.                        

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    President Jefferson stayed true to the ideals he held in 1790 by the Revolution of 1800‚ the Louisiana Purchase of 1803‚ the Alien and Sedition Acts‚ and by dismissing the excise taxes on America. The Revolution of 1800 started with the presidential election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson defeated Adams but tied with Aaron Burr when they received the same number of electoral votes. The tie was broken by the House of Representatives. Most Federalists would be in favor of Burr

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    In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States and there was more to go. Thanks to the Louisiana purchased U.S. has gotten a better geographic‚ economic‚ social‚ and political stable. There was more land for the population to stretch out. More gold to be mine. Better education

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    the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 effectively doubled the size of the United States and extended Jefferson ’s hope for an “empire of liberty” across the Americas.” Many people also did not know that Jefferson abolished the slave trade. Thomas Jefferson has done many things for this country. When Jefferson comes to mind‚ people think of the Louisiana Purchase and the Abolition of Slave Trade. Jefferson was a visionary for the choices he made in office‚ one of them being the Louisiana Purchase. This

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    receives yellow fever‚ the symptoms begin abruptly. The skin of the infected person will become yellow‚ and they will begin to vomit in a black color. The swampy ports of St. Domingo and humid spring air helped the insects thrive. Between 1802 and 1803‚ the disease ravaged through the vulnerable French troops. Reinforcements arrived‚ but were also killed. In total‚ about 50‚000 troops were killed. The French soldiers suffered‚ lacking immunity to the disease and treatment to cure it. General Leclerc

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