Foreign events impacted the United States during the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. One example of this was the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory. The United States wanted to use the port of New Orleans; unfortunately, that right was rescinded by Spain and the port remained unavailable to the United States even after France got control of New Orleans from Spain. France was also preparing for a major European conflict.
False. Mexico was already independent. The settlers, largely from Tennessee, came in order to support the Texas independence movement. Not Mexican independence from Spain.
