Thomas Jefferson and the Vision of the West
Wanted Success in Democracy Wanted a Nation of Small Farmers Wanted Land Owners Wanted to Own Everything
Manifest Destiny God had given the United States North America to spread the Ideals that they thought defined civilization
Agriculture Private Enterprise Christianity
Justified the taking of land and lives of those who do not live by those ideals
Louisiana Purchase Land Area- Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains $15 million dollars ($276 million in current funds)
sale of land without actual ownership. Ok or Not Ok