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    There were just as many disadvantages to The Louisiana Purchase as there were advantages. The Louisiana territory was a tract of land that covered over 800,000 square miles between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. It was first claimed by the French in 1682. The Mississippi River was the main way that the farmers transported their goods to New Orleans, where it was then shipped to other countries. However, the French made it extremely difficult for the farmers to do this. And if…

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    French Government and his role in the Louisiana Purchase all supported his agrarian beliefs. In 1770 he began the construction of his world renowned home in Monticello. Jefferson spent six years in France as a Commissioner and Minister, where he developed views of the French government and later used them to help form the government of the United States. In 1803, Jefferson more than doubled the size of the United States by carrying out the Louisiana Purchase. Although, Jefferson made some…

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    Jefferson demonstrates his strict constructionism to a future member of his cabinet. However, at the time, Jefferson was merely a candidate for presidency, so it is possible that he may have exaggerated the extent of his strict constructionist beliefs in order to gain the trust and votes of others who were wanted to preserve the federal Constitution and follow it exactly as written. In 1803, Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory, including the New Orleans port, from Napoleon, doubling…

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    land was known to be the Louisiana Purchase. While the Republicans approved of the purchase, Jefferson hesitated because there was no provision in the Constitution for adding new territory received from foreign countries. Regardless of his strict interpretation of the Constitution, Jefferson instead followed Federalist views by accepting a loose interpretation of the Constitution, which allowed him to complete the deal with France. However, the Louisiana Purchase raised objections from the…

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    how to say thank you, along with teaching our group a few more words from his tribe. We had also encountered a group to trade/barter with. They were very difficult to barter certain things with. Making it difficult to receive what we most wanted. “purchase horses; produced several but would not take the articles...wanted an instrument...procured two dogs and departed.” Lewis and Clark wanted to receive horses in exchange for some articles of clothing to help with travel. The native americans did…

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    bring order for an effective life (P251). He lists them as sustaining clarity about what is important, accepting with grace the limitations of life and, creating and embracing the spaces in your schedule. He further states: “There are several leverage points available to us by which we can strengthen our capacity to know and embrace our vocations. One of the most critical is the way we order our lives. Order brings freedom. “(Smith, 2011, p.…

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    Lewis and Clark help clear the mysteries which were existent about Louisiana purchase Geographic discovery form the crucial goal Jefferson established for the expedition. A great deal of scientific knowledge was recorded by Lewis and Clark. The various geographic features had to be recorded and followed. As they moved they had to…

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    August 18, 1774, was an American explorer. He and William Clark, born August 1, 1770, accompanied each other on a dangerous expedition. President Thomas Jefferson appointed Lewis and Clark to explore the territory that was acquired in the “Louisiana Purchase”. He commissioned this the Corps of Discovery Expedition that lasted from 1804 to 1806. As a result of this expedition, Lewis was rewarded with land and awarded the position of governor for a Louisiana territory. Lewis and Clark’s long…

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    make a national government. Thomas Jefferson made a big impact on the United States in the 1770’s such as The Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, and The University of Virginia. These three things Thomas Jefferson done made a really big impact on the U.S. and changed things in the future for the country and…

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    Delroy Paulhus says, “‘There are stereotypes out there about birth order, and very often those stereotypes are spot-on’” (qtd. in Kluger 405). It seems that to this day and age that there is a great deal of talk regarding the order that we were born in. Jeffrey Kluger suggests in his article, “The Power of Birth Order” that birth order matters. Since evidence shows that firstborns are more intelligent, the differences between earlier and later-borns, and that younger siblings’ like taking risks…

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