Should Thomas Jefferson have bought the Louisiana Territory by Javion Wattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm en-us 2022-02-28 18:31:30 UTC 2026-01-22 00:01:36 UTC hello@padlet.com LOUISIANA TERRITORY javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2070096319 2022-02-28 18:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2070096319 Claim: javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2070114862 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. ]]> 2022-02-28 18:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2070114862 Reason #1: Peace and Prosperity for the Nation javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2070137140 2022-02-28 19:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2070137140 Reason #2 :The Louisiana purchase double the new found country's size javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078435744 2022-03-04 18:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078435744 Reason #3: Thomas Jefferson believed the ability to buy and add new territory to the US was implied in the constitution javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078454734 2022-03-04 18:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078454734 Evidence #1 in My Own Words javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078479625 The Louisiana Territory would benefit our economy greatly.]]> 2022-03-04 19:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078479625 Evidence #2 in My Own Words javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078489725 America bought The Louisiana for 15 million dollar which doubled the early country's size. ]]> 2022-03-04 19:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078489725 Evidence #3 in My Own Words javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078490330 Even though the Constitution said nothing about buying land, it was implied by the people who wrote it.]]> 2022-03-04 19:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078490330 Evidence #1: Source A javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078494136 "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."]]> 2022-03-04 19:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078494136 Evidence #2: Source C javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078494940 "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."]]> 2022-03-04 19:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078494940 Evidence #3: Source D javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078495593 "Sure it wasn't written in The Constitution, but The Constitution implied that it could be done." ]]> 2022-03-04 19:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2078495593 How evidence #1 supports my claim javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2080693428 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.]]> 2022-03-07 03:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2080693428 How evidence #2 supports my claim javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2080707783 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.]]> 2022-03-07 03:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2080707783 How evidence #3 supports my claim javionwattley https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2080709193 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. ]]> 2022-03-07 03:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/javionwattley/tmwc7d0o0bufjevm/wish/2080709193