The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in October 1803 doubled the size of the United States and foreshadowed its emergence as a global power. The purchase marked an unprecedented use of executive power by President Thomas Jefferson and evoked strong resistance from Federalists. In this lesson, a timeline of the purchase along with letters by Federalist leaders help you to decide whether practical concerns or political agendas motivated the opposition.
You will all be answering questions today from the assignment- however, there are four groups of you that need different types of questions. Click on the link color that I assign in class to go to the proper Google Doc. Copy the document, answer the questions, then share with me.
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