but Jefferson was the more influential and profound one of the two rivals. Jefferson was the principal author of the most important document in US history‚ the Declaration of Independence. He doubled the size of the young nation with the purchase of Louisiana during his presidency. During his lifetime‚ Jefferson also made many achievements and contributions‚ based on his strong beliefs‚ towards the growth and protection of the United States. Of all his accomplishments‚ the Declaration of Independence
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land of property dealing in the history of the United States of America. The Louisiana territory was the major importance to all people who wanted it. It was like a hot potato between countries and foreigners for Europeans. The on and off game with the territory was back and forth. France was the first to have it in its grasp but the power was lost to Spain in 1762 but was retrived back to France‚ 40 years later. Louisiana was like a championship that was fought for many times. Whether the United
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by the United States under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803‚ as part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was founded by the French in 1764 when Auguste Chouteau established a fur-trading post and Pierre Laclède Liguest‚ a New Orleans merchant‚ founded a town at the present site. They named it after King Louis XV of France and his patron saint‚ Louis IX. From 1770 to 1803‚ St. Louis was a Spanish possession‚ but it was ceded back to France in 1803 in accordance with the Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800)‚ only
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leader and a role model to our nation. Thomas Jefferson‚ an American Founding Father and the Father of absolute freedom‚ wrote the Declaration of Independence‚ established the Democratic-Republican Party‚ and among many other things‚ he made the Louisiana Purchase. In June of 1776‚ Congress assigned 5 men the task of drafting a formal statement to justify their reasons for wanting to separate themselves from Great Britain. Thus on July 4‚ 1776‚ the Declaration of Independence was approved with its
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Southwest Louisiana into a safe refuge for violent criminals who flocked to it from all over the young nation. This is how it happened. In 1803‚ the United States had paid France $15 million to abandon its claim to 828‚00 square miles of land in the brand-new America. It was called the Louisiana purchase‚ but we didn’t actually buy the land. America and France both claimed the land‚ and we paid France $15 million to abandon its claim‚ leaving us as sole owners of the land. When the Louisiana Purchase
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Print Cite 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. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended
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Minister Livingston to attempt the purchase of New Orleans and Florida or‚ as an alternative‚ to buy a tract of land near the mouth of the Mississippi River where a new port could be constructed * Jefferson appointed his friend nd disciple James Monroe minister plenipotentiary and sent him to Paris with instructions to offer up to $10 million for New Orleans and Florida. * For 60 million francs- about $15 million- the United States was to have all of Louisiana. * Jefferson didn’t believe
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The Implications of the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was one of the largest single expansions of land that the United States has ever acquired. From an outsider’s standpoint‚ it is easy to assume that one of the only main benefits to come out of the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of land. That could not be farthest from the truth. Thomas Jefferson believed in the “Empire of Liberty.” He wrote in a letter to a friend that “Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which
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Colton Mebane History 1301 May 22‚ 2014 A00371587 Aftermath of the War of 1812 After the War of 1812‚ the United States of America leaped toward more of a incorporated national state and by the year of eighteen-thirty became a nation-state. Through extensive and vast revolution in infrastructure‚ purchasing of land‚ and implementing of national banking systems‚ America was developing into its own fully functional and self-sufficient nation that depended on no one. The
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Scott Colon Professor Wilkerson American Federal Government 18 January 2013 Examining the Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase The acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase caused a political debate of the constitution in the early United States government. There was a difference of opinions between politicians including Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Many believed that the provisions outlined in the United States Constitution should be strictly followed‚ but others believe that the
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