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    Westward settlement picked up after the Revolutionary War. More than 1 million settlers lived in between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains by 1800. Many of our western settlers were farmers, they relied on the Mississippi River to ship their goods to the East. The Spanish had threatened to close the port for American ship a billion of times! Then major news came to us and our President, Thomas Jefferson. Spain had covertly given France New Orleans and the rest of the Louisiana Territory

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    Arkansas is a good place to visit. Let me tell you a little about. Arkansas nickname is, The Natural State. They call it that because Arkansas, officially "The Natural State", is a state of mountains, valleys, dense woodland and fertile plains. Its clear lakes and streams and abundant wildlife help to make tourism one of the state's most important industries. Arkansas became a state on June 15, 1836.Its state motto is “Regnant Populous” that’s their motto because Arkansas's state motto is Regnant Populous

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    Lewis and Clark are important historical figures in America. Thomas Jefferson sent them to find a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and to explore the land that he bought in Louisiana. They were also the first Americans to cross the Western portion of what is the United States now. The expedition started May 14, 1803 and ended on 1806. President Jefferson had Meriwether Lewis explore the land he bought. Lewis had William Clark explore with him because he was the president's

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    History is indubitably vital to the world’s existence. It displays both human failure and triumph. Cold-heartedness and compassion. Corruption and Innocence. In specific, prominent times in history, one can see the ramifications of a single event that changes the very composition of our world forever. Other instances occur more gradually, over an extended amount of time. Whatever the event, it is significant in what the world has come to be today. One of these times is the early 1800s, as new beginnings

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    The Louisiana Purchase was a major part of land the US bought from the French. According to www.history.com with the Louisiana purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from the France that doubled the size of the young republic. According to www.history.com Louisiana territory stretched from the Mississippi in the east to the rocky mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south in the Canadian border in the north.according

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    If the deal was allowed to stand, he declared, it would be impossible that France and the United States can continue long as friends. Relations had been relaxed with Spain while it held New Orleans, but Jefferson suspected that Napoléon wanted to close the Mississippi to American use. This was a wrenching moment for Jefferson, who had long been a Francophile. Twelve years before, he had returned from a five-year stint as American minister to Paris, shipping home 86 cases of furnishings and books

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    Louisiana Purchase Dbq

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    Louisiana Purchase Seminar Write-Up The Louisiana Purchase today, is considered one of the greatest things an acting president has ever done. However, when Jefferson did buy the territory, it was viewed by many of his fellow Republicans as Federalistic, and an act of viewing the Constitution very loosely. Many claimed that he was abandoning his political principles, which he had fought for so strongly in the past. However, amid all the claims of his betrayal of his political principles by buying

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    1. Jefferson's views on westward expansion is simply to establish trading houses in Indian territory and pursue the Native peoples ways of living. Jefferson's other intentions were to also gather information of the Native Americans. Jefferson has always wanted to venture out west to explore lands. He was interested in Native American culture although the decision to expand towards their territory would cause them to leave their way of living life. Slavery was also an issue considering that Jefferson

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    The Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired precisely 828,000,000 square miles of land from France, it doubled the size of the new nation. The land that became known as the Louisiana Territory extended from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. Most parts of the 15 states were created from the land deal, which is one of the most significant achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s

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    equal laws” (Jefferson, 1803, p.3). These ambitious goals led to major westward expansion, trade, cultural interaction with the indigenous populations, and inserted the young country into major international affairs. This event, the Louisiana Purchase,

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