1 dez 1803 ano - Louisiana Purchase

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Description: Thomas Jefferson purchased western territory from France for $15 million

Causes:
-Manifest Destiny
-Growing Population
-Nationalism in US as a growing world power

Historical impact:
-Doubled size of the US
-Opened up trade routes for movement of goods
-Mass migration of immigrants (Irish) to the western frontier to accommodate growing population in east

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