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The Louisiana Purchase refers to America buying Louisiana from France. This happened in 1803, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson's vision of a tiny government ultimately failed at the end of the day, but I would say that his greatest contribution to the nation was his general spirit of bipartisanship. Jefferson's particular pet peeve was the idea of "implied powers," or the ability of the government to do anything not mentioned in the Constitution. I would say that his greatest contribution to the nation was something that was against everything he stood for, the Louisiana Purchase. The Constitution says absolutely nothing about buying land, but Jefferson knew that it was in the best interest of the nation to buy the Louisiana Territory from the French because the Mississippi River was a vital passageway. Jefferson's bipartisanship in this matter is an example that all politicians should learn from, especially in these divisive times.
Oh, dude, the constitution doesn't have a specific clause about the president buying land. But like, Article II does give the president the power to make treaties with the Senate's approval, and that's how the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase. So, technically, the president can buy land as long as Congress is cool with it.
The approximate size of the United States was nearly doubled in referance to land mass with the aquisition of the Louisiana Purchase and its territories from France in 1803. The purchase contained around 828,800 Sq. Miles of area. The plot was purchased for around $11,250,000 USD not including debts owed to France that were voided at about $3,750,000 USD for a total of around 15 million dollars equating to around $219 Million in USD for 2010. The Louisiana Purchase streched across a vast blanket of climates and environments from southern Louisiana to Minnisota, North Dakota and Montana, also containing a slight portion of southern Canada. The land plot bordered the Mississippi River on the east and went as far west as Idaho in the northern parts and middle New Mexico in the southern parts. These states are present day landmarks as the land was virtually uncolonized and its only inhabitants were Native American tribes in the 1800's. Today the tract of land encompasses around 23% of The United States total land mass.
Buying the Lousiana Purchase, writing the Decralation of Independence, and sending Lewis and Clark to explore the West. All 3 of these events changed history. Go onto instagram and follow someone named "denaissexy"
Before buying the Louisiana territory, Jefferson wanted to secure access to the port of New Orleans. He feared that France, who had recently gained control of the territory from Spain, would restrict American trade along the Mississippi River. Jefferson initially sought to negotiate with France to secure this access, but when Napoleon offered to sell the entire territory, Jefferson seized the opportunity.
because the constitution didn't say anything about the president buying land
There was nothing in the constitution about buying land.
He was uneasy because he was not sure that he had the constitutional power to do that.
James Monroe and James R. Livingston were sent to France by Thomas Jefferson to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.
Jefferson thought he could avoid war by buying the Louisiana territory because France territory was right next to american territory therefore he was afraid they would fight over land and he didn't want to lose France's alliance so he asked France if he could buy Louisiana territory,but surprisingly France needed money after wasting its money on a long war with great Britain
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He did not believe that the Constitution gave him that authority.
Thomas Jefferson went against his own philosophy concerning anti-federalism and a strict interpretation of the Constitution
Jefferson was a serious conservative meaning that he followed the Constitution right down to the punctuation. The most significant time he was not exactly Constitutional was when he purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The U.S.Constitution said nothing about buying land from anyone, but fortunately Jefferson saw it in America's best interest. Ultimately, the Louisiana Purchase led to a sense of Manifest Destiny and greatly expanded the American territory.
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because it could have expanded the land of America