Writing 3 or more sentences, using your own words to explain how the louisiana purchase changed the country.

Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803. Evidently this purchase would increase the size of America. This now doubled the size of the country. This purchase then assisted in securing the port of New Orleans and the ability to use the Mississippi river.  

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.