A history of the United States for schools . S T A T:E S. THE UNITED STATES AFTER It been done by Hamilton. But he made no seriouschanges, and the first great shifting of party supremacywas managed so skillfully in his hands that peoplesfears were soon quieted. The most remarkable event in Jeffersons presidencywas the expansion of our national area by the purchaseof the Louisiana territory, comprising the entire regionbetween the Mississippi River and the Rocky . Mountains, and extending from the north of iana pur-Texas to the southern boundary of BritishAmerica. By the treaty of Paris, in 176
A history of the United States for schools . S T A T:E S. THE UNITED STATES AFTER It been done by Hamilton. But he made no seriouschanges, and the first great shifting of party supremacywas managed so skillfully in his hands that peoplesfears were soon quieted. The most remarkable event in Jeffersons presidencywas the expansion of our national area by the purchaseof the Louisiana territory, comprising the entire regionbetween the Mississippi River and the Rocky . Mountains, and extending from the north of iana pur-Texas to the southern boundary of BritishAmerica. By the treaty of Paris, in 1763, France hadgiven this vast territory to Spain. By another treaty,in 1801, Spain gave it back to France; for NapoleonBonaparte thought he would like to found a colony outthere. But, in 1803, Napoleon saw that he was likelyto have war with Great Britain, and knew that the Brit- 282 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XIII. ish fleet could easily keep French forces away from theMississippi River ; so he was glad to sell the Louisianaterritory to the United States, an
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