Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of

a. preventing Napoleon from handing Louisiana back to Spain.
b. purchasing as much territory west of the Mississippi as they could get.
c. preventing Napoleon from fortifying New Orleans and St. Louis.
d. bribing the French foreign ministry into permitting Americans to deposit grain in New Orleans.
e. purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers.


e

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