Thomas Jefferson requested the drafting of the Embargo Act. The act was passed by U.S. Congress and initially it was passed to ban imports. Later it was extended to ban exports too. The act was enacted mainly because of the anger that Americans felt after the British warship Leopold's attack on Chesapeake. U.S. farm products were important to Britain and France, Thomas Jefferson banned all exports to European countries this resulted in a negative impact on the American economy. So, the Embargo Act was repealed and was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act.
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With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. Part or all of 15 states were eventually created from the land deal, which is considered one of the most important achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
Foreign affairs dominated his presidency and pushed him toward Federalist policies that greatly contrasted with his political views. The first involved Jefferson's war with the Barbary pirates. This was one of the first covert operations in American history. The war ended with agreements that involved one last payment of tribute. Jefferson's action on this matter caused him to rethink the need for a well-equipped navy.
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