Acquisition of Louisiana was a long-term goal of President Thomas Jefferson, who was especially eager to gain control of the crucial Mississippi River port of New Orleans. ... The Louisiana Purchase extended United States sovereignty across the Mississippi River, nearly doubling the nominal size of the country.
Americans considered the Louisiana Territory to be full of potential. They believed that it would create economic opportunities by offering improved trade, unrealized amounts of natural resources, and vast amounts of land. The territory would also provide more room for the increasing population along the East Coast. Those who supported American Indian removal policies believed that the territory was the perfect place to relocate eastern American Indian tribes to.
In 1807, the year the embargo was passed, the total exports for the United States reached $108 million. One year later, that number had declined to just over $22 million. This is a loss of $86 million.
Johannes Gutenberg is famous for having designed and built the first printing press to incorporate movable type and mechanized inking and for using his invention to produce the Gutenberg Bible.
