Thomas Jefferson
Foreign Policies
Louisiana Purchase
When Jefferson learned that Spain had secretly ceded Louisiana to France in 1800, he instructed his ministers to negotiate the purchase of the port of New Orleans and possibly West Florida. To his surprise, Napoleon, needing funds to finance a new European war with England, offered to sell Jefferson most of the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
Looking Up
Thomas Jefferson tried to be just like Washington.
Trade
Jefferson said NO to trading with other countries.