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Thomas Jefferson- 1801-1809

Thomas Jefferson- 1801-1809. Jefferson’s Dilemma. Offered France’s Louisiana Territory Jefferson was a Strict Constructionist Follow Constitution to the letter no using The Elastic Clause- Necessary and Proper Decided purchase was best for nation Louisiana Purchase 1803-

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Thomas Jefferson- 1801-1809

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  1. Thomas Jefferson-1801-1809

  2. Jefferson’s Dilemma • Offered France’s Louisiana Territory • Jefferson was a Strict Constructionist • Follow Constitution to the letter no using • The Elastic Clause-Necessary and Proper • Decided purchase was best for nation • Louisiana Purchase 1803- • Doubled size of nation • $15 million-.03 acre-524,800,000 acres

  3. Lewis and Clarke Expedition • Meriwether Lewis • William Clark

  4. Foreign Affairs Problems

  5. Foreign Affairs Problems • Britain and France disrupted American trade • Destroyed American Merchant Ships • British forced Americans into their navy- • Known as Impressment • Jefferson enacted • The Embargo Act 1807- • Forbid all American ForeignTrade- • Made economy worse- • Repealed law-No trade w/Br. or Fr.

  6. Foreign Affairs Problems • Freedom of the Seas would continue to be a problem for the next president • James Madison.

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