In 1803, President Thomas Jackson bought the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million. This Trade doubled the size of united states and opened up possibilities for westward expansion.
Stephen Long
I am not going to sent my people there.
This place is not the same as it was described.
Their 8,000 mile journey was spent in Kansas. They described Kansas as great beauty, variety of game, deer plentiful, wild raspberries abundant.
Jackson Speech
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First American to travel the territory by land. Described Kansas as a desert- worthless land and he said that the land was a desert where nothing grow.
Indian Removal Act
Traveled by steam boat, and described Kansas as unfit for cultivation and uninhabitable by people who depend on agriculture.
Jackson declared that removal would strengthen the southwestern frontier.
They forced east Americans Indians to relocate to Kansas and other areas. Many Tribes found living conditions to be unfamiliar and difficult.
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