1. America Gains Independence: Now What?
The party was pro-France, believed in strong State governments, interpreted the Constitution very strictly, supported individual liberties, and believed in government by the educated masses. ... Although, seen as having alternate motives, this act was formed as a result of the Quasi War with France in 1798-1800. ... The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it averted possible war with France and entanglement with Britain, it more than doubled the national domain and greatly encouraged western settlement, it removed a major foreign threat from America's borders, it established a pre...
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