Answer:
ᴋᴇʀᴇɴꜱᴋʏ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇʀᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴅᴇᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ
To compete with other European countries,
To expand global influence
To compete with growing public perferance and reduction of truama from the revolutionary war
827,000 Sq Miles know as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
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