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Why did people doubt the the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?
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∙ 11y ago
Thomas Jefferson believed in strict interpretation of the US constitution, and in the constitution it did not say anything about him being allowed to purchase such a large territory (remember it almost doubled the size of the country) but he did it any way because the property otherwise belonged to the french. He saw them as a potential threat and thought that without the purchase there could be war.
Federalists usually believed in a more broad interpretation of the constitution, but in this case they feared the newly gained territory would support the Republican party and argued the constitution did not give the president the right to buy the land and that the purchase would make American debt skyrocket.
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∙ 6y agoIt wasn't in the constitution and the issue hadn't come up before.
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