Answer: Jefferson needed to move quickly when he discovered that Spain had signed a secret treaty with France in 1801 ceding Louisiana to France. France suddenly posed a potential threat to America. If the United States gained the Louisiana purchase the country would be doubled in size and expand growth of the land.
Step-by-step explanation:
The fear was that if America did not purchase New Orleans from France, it could lead to war. The Louisiana Purchase not only doubled the size of the United States, but it rapidly expanded and weaponized the government's persecution of Native Americans over their right to keep the land they'd lived on for centuries.