Question

What was one reason Thomas Jefferson offered to buy the Louisiana territory

Answer 1

People needed more land so he bought it for $15 million dollars The Louisiana Territory was purchases from Napoleon Bonaparte of Jefferson needed the New Orleans port for the people of thefrontier to transfer their products down the Mississippi River.Originally he offered to buy just New Orleans, but Napoleon offered of the Louisiana Territory (in part to frustrate the designs ofthe British, who had taken Canada from France). Apex: To gain control of the Mississippi

Answer 2

ANSWER: To avoid war with France

EXPLANATION: The French took the Louisiana Territory from Spain, which caused concern in the United states, about access to New Orleans.