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Thomas Jefferson had always dreamed of extending the land of the US . He sent representatives to France to negotiate the right to ship goods down the to New Orleans. In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte, the new ruler of , offered to sell the whole Louisiana Terr. to the U. S. President Jefferson wasn’t sure if the Constitution allowed the government to buy new territory, but he went ahead and bought the land. The Purchase doubled the size of the US and gave America control of the Mississippi River. A year later, in , Jefferson sent and to explore the new land. Their expedition created the groundwork for western expansion.