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A 3 page consideration Jefferson’s actions surrounding one of the most important land acquisitions in American history. This paper considers why Jefferson acted outside Congressional approval. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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US history. Spearheaded by then President Thomas Jefferson, this acquisition more than doubled the size of US holdings. Jefferson has variously been praised then criticized for the way
that he pursued this acquisition. In "The Ends Justified the Means: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase" author Barry Balleck explores the contention that Jeffersons maneuvers in this critical
land deal were in reality a "sellout" in terms of "states rights" and "strict constructionism". Balleck (1990) argues, however, that while some of Jeffersons actions in this deal are
rightfully questionable, they were in fact only a temporary compromise of the political principles that Jefferson held dearest. Balleck insists that Jefferson was acting for the greater good of
the Republic. The Louisiana Purchase represented an incredible opportunity for our country. At the time that it became available we were already
feeling the limitations of our territory. We were wedged into just the eastern-most half of what would ultimately become US territory and we had a tremendous need for westward
expansion. That expansion, however, was strategically blocked by the fact that the Spanish controlled much of that land and even the major transportation route of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. In the years preceding the Louisiana Purchase the Spanish also controlled New Orleans, a tremendously important port city when it
came to supplying westward expansion. Because of a variety of events, however, the Spanish had offered ownership of these holdings to the French. The French, in turn, realized
the holdings represented little actual value to them. Because they were in dire need of money themselves to fund their activities elsewhere, the French ultimately offered the Louisiana territory
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