Western Expansion

Jessica Powell
HIS/115
Axia College
Jefferson Encouraged the Western
Expansion
• Empire of Liberty
• Inaugural address
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Sale of Louisiana
• Jefferson's pragmatism
Repercussion of the Western
Expansion after 1800
• Indians had to adopt the American
ways.
• Forests were cut down for
settlement.
• Revivals were formed.
• Destruction of Indian Cultures.
Political, Social, and Economic Trends

• Jefferson wanted a one party political

unity.
• Did not want anything to do with the
Barbary states.
• American trades to Britain and
France were seized.
The Impact Due to the Western
Expansion
• Indians were forced to become
American farmers or move west of
the Mississippi river.
• Taxes were levied to finance the war.
• Our military was small and poorly
led.