Constitution
The Louisiana Purchase
After the Revolution, but before the Louisiana Purchase.
the Louisiana Purchase
The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
what country owned the Louisiana purchase when the states singed the constitution
Loose contriction because no where in the Constitution does it state that the President can purchase land
There was nothing in the constitution about buying land.
The Louisiana Purchase
President James Monroe initiated the Louisiana Purchase. He believed in American expansionism. He is also responsible for the Monroe Doctrine.
He was unsure if the purchase was allowed by the constitution.
The constitution didn’t give rules about the purchasing of land.
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