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Louisiana Purchase
Title: Louisiana Purchase
Category: History
Details: Words: 815 | Pages: 3.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase
The Mississippi River was a highway for trade in America because it ran into the New Orleans Port. This was a major port for trading goods the westerners made. Traders needed this port to have a "right to deposit" this meant that Americans could ship their goods without having to worry about a tax. In 1801 rumors began to sprout about Spain giving the territories to France. President Jefferson sent Robert Livingston, the …showed first 75 words of 815 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 815 total…given the spot of governor of the territory and Clark was the superintendent of Indian affairs. Then in 1819 Spain gave the United States the Florida’s.
The Louisiana Purchase became the single most important decision that Jefferson did as a president. It doubled the size of the United States. It also allowed westerners to have the right of deposit in the New Orleans. It made Jefferson’s dreams of a bigger America become a reality.
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