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 * Thomas Jefferson faced a variety problems during his presidency and handled them accordingly, acknowledging the impact. One challenge while he was president was the [|Louisiana Purchase]. Jefferson had sent a diplomat, Mr. Livingston, to France to offer 2 million dollars to Napoleon to buy the Louisiana territory. James Monroe had come with Mr. Livingston to offer 10 million dollars for the entire Louisiana territory. The deal was approved. Then Lewis and Clark were able to explore the rest of the North America out to the Pacific. This also brought the idea of Manifest Destiny. This was the idea that all of North America was to belong to the United States. After the Louisiana Purchase, other territories fell into place.[| The Lewis and Clark] expedition also proved to be an issue during Jefferson’s presidency. Jefferson wanted the United States to expand from coast to coast so he sent his Meriwether Lewis to go on this journey to scope out the land that he had bought. Lewis had been aided by Clark and Sacagawea. They were able to record all new species. This had helped the frontier period happen and helped expand the United States, West. In addition to that, Jefferson also dealt with the [|Barbary Pirates]. These were pirates who would take the US naval trade ships hostage and Congress would have to pay ransom for them. While Adams was president, they paid about 80,000 dollars: but, when Jefferson came to office, Jefferson said that they should make a navy to protect the ships. The Congress agreed and they built the ships and went to battle with the pirates for the captured ships. This had caused the Barbary war in which the US won. The US and the Barbary Pirates made a peace treaty. This had caused the birth of the US Navy. Another foreign issue Jefferson had to deal with was the [|Native Americans] who were still living in the United States. The group of natives, Tecumseh, had tried to make war on the western settlers. So one of the Americans, Harrison, had gathered a troop of 1000 men to take down the village where the Tecumseh had settled. Not many had experience on the field so it was a very bloody battle and the US came out victorious. Jefferson had felt a little guilty on it, but he said that it was in order for America to expand, that that would have to happen. Also, in response to the war between Britian and France, Jefferson made the[| Embargo Act] which said that no one gets in to trade and no one goes out to trade. It was later repealed, but it was Jefferson trying his hardest to stay out of the war going on. Thomas Jefferson had acted in accordance to the foreign affairs properly. **

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