Part one of term paper
“The greatest real estate deal in history,” is usually considered to be the Louisiana Purchase.1 Most people would think that the Louisiana Territory would be extremely expensive, but in reality it was cheaper than three cents an acre. The Louisiana Purchase was the rising of one country and the falling of another. It made a giant mark i ...

Part two of term paper
... affected it. There were five important people involved in the Louisiana Purchase. The most important of these men was Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, in Albemarle county, Virginia. As a member of the Continental Congress in 1776, Jefferson was chosen together with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman to draft the Declaration of Independence.2 The greatest achievement of Jefferson's ...