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This 7 page paper provides an overview of the westward expansion of the United States in the early 19th century and its impacts on the economic, social and political development of the country. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon of France in 1803 for $15 million not only defined a significant economic investment, but also started economic, political and social
changes defined by the ideal of the unsettled West. Westward expansion had a significant impact on economy of the young republic and dominated the decision making of the
Jefferson presidency. Jefferson understood the significance of the unsettled land west of the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean and saw it as a potential for
expanding the American dominion. In early 1803, Jefferson called for exploration of the land west of the Mississippi, and was surprised when later that same year, Napoleon offered the
land to the America (American West, 2002). Jefferson believed that a plan for expansion into the West would improve economic issues that plagued the existing states, especially in reference
to the economic institution of slavery. In 1800, more than half the population of the United States lived in the American South, much of this population count comprised of
slaves (Valien, 1953). Over the course of the next 50 years, a declining view of the agrarian economics of the South, including early industrial development, would lead to a
migration of people to urban centers and increasing support for westward expansion. As many began to support the spread of abolitionist tendencies, opportunities in the West posed a
direct threat to the once solid agrarian economy of the American South. While theorists like French philosopher Montesquieu argued that the concept of republic suggested that government
could only exist in small states where active and vigilant citizenry could take place and monitoring of power could be secured, Jefferson sought expansion in response to issues in the
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