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Why did president Jefferson send government officials James monroe and Robert Livingston overseas in 1803

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Why did President Jefferson send government officials James Monroe and Robert Livingston overseas in 1803?: A: to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Britain to try to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France to offer to purchase the Caribbean island of Haiti from France to arrange to buy the Northwest Territory from Britain. C:
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A- to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Britain

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