"That government is best which governs the least because its people discipline themselves..."The policy of the American government is to leave its citizens free, neither restraining them nor aiding them in their pursuits.” Jefferson 1800
"The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution. The legislature, …risking themselves like faithful servants, must ratify and pay for it…”
“While the property and sovereignty of the Mississippi and its waters secure an independent outlet for the produce of the western States, and an uncontrolled navigation through their whole course, free from collision with other powers and the dangers to our peace from that source, the fertility of the country, its climate and extent, promise in due season important aids to our treasury, and ample provision for our posterity, and a widespread field for the blessings of freedom and equal laws."--Thomas Jefferson 1803
A) Describe the Jeffersonian point of view on Constitutional Powers granted to the Federal Government by the U.S. Constitution. Include if he supports a loose or strict view on federal implied powers.
B) Explain why the Louisiana Purchase represents a shift or contradiction in the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy during 1800-1824.
C) Describe the long-term impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the course and development of America.
