Correct answer only ! "i know that the acquisition of louisiana has been disapproved by some that the enlargement of our territory would endanger its the larger our association the less will it be shaken by local passions; and in any view is it not better that the opposite bank of the mississippi should be settled by our own brethren and children than by strangers of another family? "- thomas jefferson which of the following is not a reason jefferson decided to purchase the louisiana territory? a. would gain control of the port of new orleans and mississippi river b. the purchase aligned with his strict constructionist views. c. prevent a foreign nation from buying the territory d. it would double the size of the us