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Despite Thomas Jefferson’s goal of limited government, his administration doubled the size of the United States with the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. This led to a dispute between the U.S. and which of these nations over the borders of the territory?

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Spain. Jefferson had bought Louisiana from France. Beyond the western borders of the Louisiana was territory owned by Spain. 
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