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Instruments of Empire Lynn Appelbaum and Stephen JM. K. Beauchamp's Instruments of Empire examines the challenges that resulted from U. S. territorial expansion through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. With the acquisition of this vast region, the United States gained a colonial European population whose birthplace, language, and religion often differed from those of their U. S. counterparts. This population exhibited multiple ethnic tensions and possessed little experience with republican government.