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Thomas Jefferson attempted to purchase New Orleans in 1802 and 1803 because...

  • Spain refused American farmer's access to ship their products through the port, in violation of the Pinckney Treaty.
  • he feared that racial violence in Haiti would spread to America via New Orleans.
  • he had arranged a secret deal with Great Britain to use the port as a military staging point for the conquest of French and Spanish islands in the Caribbean.
  • he feared Napoleon Bonaparte's plan to establish a French empire in North America. 
ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson attempted to purchase New Orleans in 1802 and 1803 because he feared Napoleon Bonaparte's plan to establish a French empire in North America. 
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