30 Apr 1803 Jahr - Louisiana Purchase

Beschreibung:

United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million from FRANCE

Federalists:
Jefferson: justified it to himself by saying "buying land was implied power of constitution"

-Doubled the size of the United States
-Greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically
-Provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion
-Confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution

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