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During his presidency, Thomas Jefferson spent an extraordinary amount of money on expansion.

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Answered by AtulKantsingh
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Explanation:

The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

[T]his little event, of France possessing herself of Louisiana, ... is the embryo of a tornado which will burst on the countries on both shores of the Atlantic and involve in it’s effects their highest destinies.1 

President Thomas Jefferson wrote this prediction in an April 1802 letter to Pierre Samuel du Pont amid reports that Spain would retrocede to France the vast territory of Louisiana. As the United States had expanded westward, navigation of the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans had become critical to American commerce, so this transfer of authority was cause for concern. Within a week of his letter to du Pont, Jefferson wrote U.S. Minister to France Robert Livingston: "every eye in the US. is now fixed on this affair of Louisiana. perhaps nothing since the revolutionary war has produced more uneasy sensations through the body of the nation."2

Answered by gratefuljarette
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Yes, Thomas Jefferson spent an extraordinary amount of money on expansion during his presidency.

Explanation:

  • The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was a land agreement between the U. S. and France, in which the U.S. took about $15 million in the land west of the 'Mississippi River' for around 827000 square miles.
  • The small event, with France owning Louisiana. In 1802, April, the letter to 'Pierre Samuel du Pont', President Thomas Jefferson written this statement amid reports that Spain might retrocede the vast territory of Louisiana to France.
  • As the United States had developed westward, Mississippi River transportation and connections to the New Orleans port had become vital to American trade, so this transition of power was a cause for concern.
  • All eyes in the US are still focused on this issue in Louisiana. Maybe nothing has created more uncomfortable feelings throughout the country since the revolutionary war.

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