The Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803 during Jefferson's presidency.
Louisiana Purchase and Lewis Clark expedition
The Louisiana Purchase refers to America buying Louisiana from France. This happened in 1803, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
The Louisiana Purchase
he was dedicated to his country
Precedents were set for future presidents to follow.
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was one of Jefferson's important accomplishments.
The Louisiana Purchase.
Three major international issues during Jefferson's presidency were the Louisiana purchase, the Barbary War, and his attempt at acquiring Florida and Haiti. The Louisiana Purchase was successful, the Barbary War with the northern Barbary states of Africa was also successful, but Jefferson had trouble with the acquisition of Florida.
The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803. In this transaction, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land that had been claimed by France for a total of $15 million.
France, ruled by Napoleon at the time, offered the Louisiana Purchase to the United States during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson because it was a way to alleviate some of the French national debt at the time. The purchase was made for $15 million. There was no one person that appealed to the French emperor for the land.