How did president Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory conflict with his democratic-republican beliefs in a small government with limited powers and strict interpretation of the constitution?

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The general opinion of many Americans at the time of the purchase was that Jefferson was being hypocritical by going through with it. Since there was no Constitutional precedent for buying land to add territory to the United States, there was theoretically no Constitutional authority for the president to buy the land. Twitch

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