Read about Thomas Jefferson and his most influential action as president, the Louisiana Purchase.
Log in iprema07 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to iprema07's post “"Napoleon became bogged d...” "Napoleon became bogged down in war in Europe..." What does bogged down mean? Also, was Napoleon kind to the Native Americans? Plus, what war was going on during this time period? • (14 votes) ORfrigatebird 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to ORfrigatebird's post “To be "bogged down" in so...” To be "bogged down" in something is to become so deeply involved in it that it is very difficult to concentrate on anything else. Napoleon only ruled over Louisiana as First Consul for about 8 months, which isn't enough time to show whether or not he would have been kind or unkind towards Native Americans. However, the French in the Louisiana Territory had a reputation for being particularly kind towards Native Americans in general (at least in comparison to the Spanish and British). Of course, there were exceptions, such as the Mohawk Tribe, which they strongly hated. The War of the Second Coalition had only ended the year before the Louisiana Purchase, and Britain would go to war with France just one month after the Purchase. (33 votes) sparplane 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to sparplane's post “On the Louisiana Purchase...” On the Louisiana Purchase, how much would 15,000,000 be in today's standards? • (14 votes) Ben McCuskey 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Ben McCuskey's post “According to "officialdat...” According to "officialdata.org", $15,000,000 in 1803 would be worth $340,339,380 in 2020. According to "davemanuel.com", $15,000,000 in 1803 would be worth $333,333,333 in 2019. It obviously depends on the method by which you calculate US inflation over the very long period between 1803 and today (2020 as I'm writing this) but it would appear that the price would be approx $333-$340 million dollars in 2020 dollars. My research shows that the Lousiana Purchase was approximately 530,000,000 acres. $340,000,000 / 530,000,000 acres = $0.64/acre! If those estimates regarding price and size are at all accurate then the US got an extremely good deal!! (6 votes) Emburr a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Emburr's post “y would Thomas Jefferson ...” y would Thomas Jefferson buy Lousiana they had so much debt • (5 votes) David Alexander a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Ask your parents if, when...” Ask your parents if, when they bought the house in which you live, they did it with cash or by taking on debt. Just ask them. (7 votes) karla.jaureguisandoval 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to karla.jaureguisandoval's post “Can someone breakdown mor...” Can someone breakdown more the similarities and differences between the federalists and democratic republicans? • (2 votes) Asenath Weaver 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Asenath Weaver's post “Yes I can. Hope this help...” Yes I can. Hope this helps! (10 votes) 2024.neshaghian 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to 2024.neshaghian's post “Compare the visions of Am...” Compare the visions of America held by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams • (3 votes) David Alexander 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “That sure looks like your...” That sure looks like your homework, my friend. Good luck at getting somebody around here to do it for you. That generally goes over like a lead balloon. (4 votes) 88030234 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to 88030234's post “If Jefferson was so pro-s...” If Jefferson was so pro-small government then why did he authorize the federal government to buy so much land in the Louisiana Territory? • (2 votes) Matthew Chen 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Matthew Chen's post “Along with the reasons th...” Along with the reasons that 💥 Not Available ☄️ (4 votes) lindstrom.novalee 8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to lindstrom.novalee's post “Who is responsible for Sh...” Who is responsible for Shoshone? • (2 votes) Ben Berard 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Ben Berard's post “I got my shoes shone” I got my shoes shone (4 votes) Trivia Master 8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to Trivia Master's post “If Jefferson wanted to st...” If Jefferson wanted to stop the British and French from kidnapping Americans, why didn't he just tell them to stop? If they refused, he could just order Americans to stop selling or buying to/from the British and French. Or, if it got really bad, he could just wage war against them (obviously not both of them at once, probably just Britain) • (3 votes) David Alexander 8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “You need to appreciate ho...” You need to appreciate how weak the new nation of the United States was at that time compared to the British and French empires. War with either of those empires would not be possible. (2 votes) Hugh R 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to Hugh R's post “I believe that Thomas Jef...” I believe that Thomas Jefferson is an absolute king and got more game than all of us combined • (5 votes) Ben Berard 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Ben Berard's post “Thomas Jefferson was not ...” Thomas Jefferson was not a king, for he was a president. (0 votes) Joshua Tamayo 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Joshua Tamayo's post “Were England and France t...” Were England and France the main trading partners with America, which is why when the Embargo Act was placed, it proved detrimental to the U.S. economy? • (3 votes) Iris Breton 3 months agoPosted 3 months ago. Direct link to Iris Breton's post “Well the Embargo act didn...” Well the Embargo act didn't just stop trade with England and France but banned all foreign trade. So yes America traded with France and England but also plenty of other countries, which the act was so detrimental to the U.S. economy. (1 vote)Want to join the conversation?
Jefferson's taking advantage of France's need for cash was a good business decision.
The Federalists vision for America was based on commerce, while the Democratic-republicans was based on agriculture. The Federalists were mostly wealthy and Northeast, while the Democratic-Republicans were small farmers and Southerners. On the issue of the National bank, Federalists believed it was necessary while the Democratic-republicans believed it was simply desirable. In Foreign affairs, Federalists favored the English and Democratic Republicans favored the French.
has stated in his comment, the Louisiana Purchase also opened up some potential ports in the Pacific Northwest, which was good because as explained in this article, a lot of ships were getting robbed. Also, Jefferson wanted France to be their ally, not England. This was a good way to cement their relations. Hope this helps! (Source: https://socratic.org/questions/why-did-president-thomas-jefferson-choose-to-make-the-louisiana-purchase)
