Expansion towards the Pacific Ocean. Moving west of the mississippi river, spain stopped allowing american farmers from using the mississippi river and New Orleans (port to river). Farmers made up a majority of our people, and they would not be able to use the river to get product accross in order to market it/sell/make $. Spain sold all their land to France in a secret deal. Sends an ambassador to negotiate for the purchase of New Orleans (would give access to Miss R.), offered about 10 million. We need to support the majority of the people (farmers).

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