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This supports my claim because it shows you why president Thomas Jefferson decided to buy the Louisiana Territory even though the ability to buy land and add it to the US wasn't in the Constitution, even though he was a strict constructionist.

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This supports my claim because it shows how the choice to buy The Louisiana Territory was a good decision all around because it not only would help our economy by adding a port for trading, it doubled the US's size, and came at a reasonable price.

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This supports my claim because it shows you how the purchase included the New Orleans which had a port which would be great for trading which would greatly benefit our economy.

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"Sure it wasn't written in The Constitution, but The Constitution implied that it could be done."

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"In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson led the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory, a vast stretch of land owned by the French. Approximately 828,000 square miles, it stretches from the Mississippi Rive in the east to Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. For a mere 15 million dollars, the United States doubled in size overnight."

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"The purchase of New Orleans is essential to the peace and prosperity of our Western country, and opens a free and valuable market to our community."

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Even though the Constitution said nothing about buying land, it was implied by the people who wrote it.

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America bought The Louisiana for 15 million dollar which doubled the early country's size.

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The Louisiana Territory would benefit our economy greatly.

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Reason #3: Thomas Jefferson believed the ability to buy and add new territory to the US was implied in the constitution

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Reason #3: Thomas Jefferson believed the ability to buy and add new territory to the US was implied in the constitution

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Reason #2 :The Louisiana purchase double the new found country's size

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Reason #2 :The Louisiana purchase double the new found country's size

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Reason #1: Peace and Prosperity for the Nation

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Reason #1: Peace and Prosperity for the Nation

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Thomas Jefferson  should buy the Louisiana Territory because it's essential to peace and prosperity, it doubled the early country's size and because Thomas Jefferson thought the ability to buy and add new territory to the US was implied in the constitution.