I believe the answer is: To control trade along the Mississippi River.
By controlling the Mississippi river, Thomas Jefferson believe that they could eliminate british influence in products distribution to different states. He counted that the amount of products transported from this river could accounted to around 500 million tons of shipped goods per year.
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During the Maurya and Gupta empires, the Indian culture and way of life were deeply influenced by Hinduism. Hinduism reinforced a strict social hierarchy called a caste system that made it nearly impossible for people to move outside of their social station.
Genghis Khan is the least important Mongol emperor and the most cruel one.
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Gandhi's reaction to the Lahore Resolution was muted; he called it "baffling", but told his disciples that Muslims, in common with other people of India, had the right to self-determination. Leaders of the Congress were more vocal; Jawaharlal Nehru referred to Lahore as "Jinnah's fantastic proposals" while Chakravarti Rajagopalachari deemed Jinnah's views on partition "a sign of a diseased mentality".
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