US Event: The Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was made by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803. He paid only $15 million dollars for this huge stretch of land. It includes 14 of the current states in America today. At the time, this was a controversial action because some believed that it was unconstitutional to purchase land to increase the size of the United States, since it was not mentioned in the US Constitution. However, the land was still purchased and approved by the US Senate.. This connects to the Industrial Revolution because the purchase let the United States expand and grow while European countries were trying to achieve the same thing with technology and production.