could anybody explain the louisana purchase to me
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Thomas Jefferson bought a large area of land, also one of the largest land transaction in the history of the United States, for 15 million dollars. The territory was over 800,000 square miles. The main reason for buying this territory was because of the need to safely cross the Mississippi. Jefferson sent Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe to speak with Napoleon I for the sale of New Orleans. Napoleon decided to sell the whole territory, not just New Orleans. After consulting the people, who rallied behind him to buy it, Jefferson bought the land and sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land.
If you need Lewis and Clark's adventure as well, http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lewis-clark/ is a pretty good site to read.
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Another thing to keep in mind about the Louisiana Purchase is that Thomas Jefferson did not, in fact, support it. Congress originally authorized only $2 million for the purchase of New Orleans. However, Livingston and Monroe, negotiated the $15 Jefferson agreed to the purchase only out of fear that if the purchase didn't go through, there would be a future war over the territory. In truth, he believed it to be unconstitutional for a president to make such a large purchase and, for this reason, did not expect Congress to approve it. Congress, however, was ecstatic at the idea of more land. The Louisiana Purchase solidified the idea of purchasing land as a way of gaining territory, instead of just fighting a war for it.