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. Was Jefferson always upset about Louisiana?

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Jefferson believed in a strict construction of the US Constitution unless the Constitution granted a power to the government, the power belonged to the people. He also wasn’t convinced that the Constitution gave him the legal authority to purchase land from another country.
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