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Thomas Jefferson Pros And Cons
Thomas Jefferson faced several issues during and after the purchase of Louisiana from France as well as good outcomes from most of them. A few of those were the controversy of the United States constitution, the growth of the United States of America (more land meant that the United States had to protect the country twice as much as before the purchase) and existing land owned by the Native Americans. The controversy of the United States constitution came from Thomas Jefferson’s strong belief in only performing acts that were stated in the constitution. It certainly did not say that the government could purchase territory from a different nation. Had the Federalists been in Jefferson’s place and agreed to the purchase of the land, Jefferson

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