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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory?

OpenStudy (praetorian.10):

Jefferson needed the New Orleans port for the people of the frontier to transfer their products down the Mississippi River. Originally he offered to buy just New Orleans, but Napoleon offered all of the Louisiana Territory (in part to frustrate the designs of the British, who had taken Canada from France).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i agree

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