The Louisiana Purchase was a big deal. The United States was having issues using the port of New Orleans. Western farmers needed to use this port to store and to ship their products. When we learned that Spain had transferred the Louisiana Territory to France, we offered to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France. When Napoleon offered to sell us all of the Louisiana Territory, it gave us an opportunity to double the...
The Louisiana Purchase was a big deal. The United States was having issues using the port of New Orleans. Western farmers needed to use this port to store and to ship their products. When we learned that Spain had transferred the Louisiana Territory to France, we offered to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France. When Napoleon offered to sell us all of the Louisiana Territory, it gave us an opportunity to double the size of our country. Not only would we control New Orleans and the Mississippi River, our land would extend to the Rocky Mountains and to Canada. This was a great opportunity for our country.
The Louisiana Purchase also showed that maintaining a strict interpretation of the Constitution was very hard to do. President Jefferson struggled with the decision to make the deal because the Constitution didn’t specifically say the President could buy land. President Jefferson was persuaded to make the deal because it was a good one for our country. The Louisiana Purchase showed there would be times when it would be necessary to interpret the wording of the Constitution. Failing to do this could hold back the growth and the progress of the country.
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