2006-09-18 12:28:45 · 4 answers · asked by Chels Chels<3 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
we bought like 1/2o r1/3 of the country and we now had like better ports because of the gulf and yea i think
2006-09-18 12:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by Miracles <3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Louisiana Purchase allowed our Country to obtain more land therefore we could expand our borders!
It was also important because France gave up any ideas of expansion in our country!
2006-09-18 12:39:28 · answer #2 · answered by zoril 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all it doubled the size of the country and created countless opportunities for the economy of the united states to expand and grow.
Second of all it went against all that Thomas Jefferson (the then president) said he stood for. Jefferson believed in extremly limited government. As well he believed that the government had no authority to spend money to increase the size of the country. However, the economic advantages to having not only New Orleans as well as much of the Northwest was too big a prize for even Jefferson to pass up.
2006-09-18 12:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i always got the impression it was really important because Jefferson bought such a large amount of land--almost 1/3 of the land, as the first response says--for so little money. jefferson only paid 15 million. it's said to be the best deal in history.
2006-09-18 12:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by laloookava774 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋