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Essay / Disadvantages of the Louisiana Purchase - 1017
Upon learning that France was going to seize this territory, President Thomas Jefferson noted: "There is only one place on the globe whose owner is our enemy natural and usual. This is New Orleans. (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/louisiana-purchase) This is why the United States ended up purchasing Louisiana. With New Orleans in the hands of the French government, one of the states' most vital ports would disappear. Thus, the Louisiana Purchase kept the United States economy afloat while adding land to the country's evolution.