Question

Why did President Jefferson send government officials James Monroe and Robert Livingston overseas in 1803?

O to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Britain

O to try to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France

O to offer to purchase the Caribbean island of Haiti from France

O to arrange to buy the Northwest Territory from Britain

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer: To try to buy New Orleans and West Florida from France - part of Louisiana purchase .

1. Britain didn't own the Louisiana territory, Hati commandeered by a slave rebellion, and the northwest territory did not belong to the British. The treaty of paris (after American Revelution) said that the Northwest territory was given to the United States

Answer 2

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