Nothing in the constitution addressed buying land.
Thomas Jefferson
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a helper of Thomas Jefferson. He was a French nobleman that assisted with the Louisianan Purchase as well as being a good friend of Jefferson.
what is the Louisianan purchase
He was concerned that it might be unconstitutional.
The louisianan purchase doubled the size of America, and it brougth new coltures and citizens
It doubled the size of the United States.
What did Thomas Jefferson purchase the Louisiana
No not at all. France was purchased from France under Jefferson and in 1812 it was still unsettled land.
Thomas Jefferson proposed and completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
thomas Jefferson for $15million
Jefferson sent Livingston and Monroe to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase with France.
Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans from the french so that farners could always use the tradeing port there, but the french were in dept with their expensive wars in Europe, so he decided to sell all of Louisiana to the Americans to pay off war debt. Jefferson thought at first that this trade was unconstitutional. =) happy studying history