Answer:
On October 20, 1803, the Senate approved for ratification a treaty with France by which the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory. ... Jefferson instructed the American minister in Paris to try to purchase the city of New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle, for which Congress had appropriated $2 million.
This answer is B , which is also correct on Plato.
The answer is
B. to maintain its neutral status in the war between Britain and France
