The principle of limited federal government. More precisely the constitution does give the federal government the power to purchase new territory and clearly states that all powers not listed as belonging to Congress are reserved to the states.
the principle of limited federal government
The Louisiana Purchase was done by Thomas Jefferson who was a Democrat-Republican. The Federalist Party thus opposed the move.
It was ironic that Jefferson made the Louisiana purchase because making the residents of Louisiana citizens went against his own compact theory of union. It was overstepping federal powers as well.
The revolt against their mother country, England, the Louisiana Purchase, and the exploration of unclaimed western territories beyond the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase.
He was against it
Federalists, despite being the party that supported a strong central government, opposed the Louisiana Purchase. It was opposed mostly because President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican who supported a strict, or narrow, view of the Constitution, went against his principles of small government and bought the territory anyway. The Federalists used this as fuel against Jefferson and the other Democratic-Republicans in an era where party politics sharply divided the country.
The principle of limited federal government. More precisely the constitution does give the federal government the power to purchase new territory and clearly states that all powers not listed as belonging to Congress are reserved to the states.
He agreed to the Louisiana Purchase through loose interpretation of the Constitution, which was actually a characteristic of the Federalists, not the Republicans. The Louisiana Purchase also diminished the power of state governments, which was against the Republican view of state's rights.
Going through with the Louisiana Purchase.
"The Federalists strongly opposed the purchase, favoring close relations with Britain over closer ties to Napoleon, and were concerned that the United States had paid a large sum of money just to declare war on Spain." I COPIED OFF OF WIKIPEDIA. I DO NOT CLAIM THIS.
As an advocate of a small, decentralized government, his actions in making the Louisiana Purchase, and in one fell swoop, nearly tripling the size of the United States (and, some thought, its government, by association) mystified some and angered others. He got a good deal, there's no doubt about that, but many saw his move as a betrayal of the Jeffersonian libertarian ideals.
No he was the one that sent them to explore because he had just acquired the Louisiana purchase and wanted information on the land.