Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation Merchandise hundreds died

hundreds died

for fear of upsetting NY (who claimed Vermont's lands) and upsetting the delicate balance between northern & southern interests

Department of Anthropology

Beautifully written

they asserted their rights

Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation Merchandise hundreds diedAt the dawn of the nineteenth century, as Britain, France, Spain, and the United States all jockeyed for control of the vast expanses west of the Mississippi River, the stakes for American expansion were incalculably high. Even after the American purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Spain still coveted that land and was prepared to employ any means to retain it. With war expected at any moment, Jefferson played a game of strategy, putting on the