The Louisiana Purchase, the Chesapeake Affair, the Embargo Act of 1807, the Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812 were all contributing factors to the early foreign policy in America. In 1802, Jefferson received word that the Louisiana Territory had been transferred from Spain to France due to the Treaty of San Ildefonso. ... Once the war of 1812 began, Federalists began to openly oppose the war and the country became divided. ... On the other hand, the Republicans supported the war of 1812. The War Hawks wanted more land, such as taking Canada from the British and Florida from the Spanish...

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The United States paid France $11,250,000 for the land, in addition to canceling $3,750,000 in war debts that the French owed the United States. ... Other Federalists opposed the purchase because they felt it might send the wrong message to Britain, who at the time was at war with France. ... -Henry Adams, Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansionism Whether or not the sale was worthless, if it went through it could cause tension between the U.S. and Spain and the last thing any Americans wanted was to start an unnecessary war with Spain. ... The Federalists even tried to prove the lan...

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Jefferson also declared war to the Barbary pirates, because he thought it would be cheaper than paying bribery to free the seamen. ... That was not possible as long European countries owned territories in North America. In the treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) France got the vast Louisiana territory from Spain though. Spain had not been an obstacle, but Napoleonic France posed a real danger so Jefferson was appalled. ... His fear as nationalist turned into alert, when the Spanish colonial administrator in New Orleans prohibited the deposit of American produces for transshipments to foreign lands ...

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Jefferson sparked change in the hearts of many men during the American Revolution. ... As a response to this mishaps, in1802 Spanish authorities revoked the U.S. Spanish treaty that granted Americans the right to store goods in New Orleans. ... American expansion westward into the new lands began immediately, and in 1804 a territorial government was established. ... This document gave a renewed sense of purpose to the war that Americans had been fighting for over a year now. ...

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Jefferson passed the embargo acts in order to rebel against the British because the British were capturing American ships and sailors. ... The Jay Treaty in 1794 greatly disturbed the Republicans because the British said the states still had a pre-revolutionary war debt to pay. ... Jefferson favored and practiced expansionism, and he thought they should expand before Spain or France moves in and tries to take over. ... Congress enforced a draft for the army in the war of 1812, but the Constitution did not support this, resulting in a strict construction from Madison, which was a reversal fo...

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The American Revolution today can be summarized as the uprising of American patriots against the British rule's unfair taxation to the colonies. ... The obvious danger of such economic control initiated a full-blown assailment against wealth, peculiarly lead by some of the richest men in America such as Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and George Washington. ...

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