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Why did President Jefferson send government officials James Monroe and Robert Livingston overseas in 1803?
to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Britain
to try to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France
to offer to purchase the Caribbean island of Haiti from France
to arrange to buy the Northwest Territory from Britain

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to try to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France

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The correct answer is option b. President Jefferson sent these officials overseas in order to to try to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France.

What nation owned New Orleans?

The French people were the ones that had the state of New Orleans as their colony.

The Americans wanted it as a part of the United States after they got their independence. Hence the president had to get the officials to make the move in order to purchase the areas.

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