HURR If you were Thomas Jefferson, would you have made the deal to buy all of the Louisiana Territory AND WHY?

If I were Thomas Jefferson I would make the deal to buy the Louisiana Territory. With the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. acquired nearly 827,000 square miles of French-held land for just four cents an acre. The purchase was about more than land alone—westward expansion, national wealth and international relations hung in the balance. But its human cost is still felt today.