The completion of transcontinental railroads in the United States and Canada
In the year 1803, the United States of America purchased the approximately 828 million square miles of territory from France, doubling its territory. Because of Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory, 15 states were added in the territory of America. It stretched from the Canadian border in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south and from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Mississippi River in the East.
He was so unpopular in New England because he is remembered for: (1) inhibiting representative government, (2) intruding in colonial customs, and (3) his domineering and officious behavior.
Federalism, or the dual roles of state and national government, is part of the system of sharing power in government. Within the system of separate powers, however, the framers of the Constitution provided for "national" or "federal" supremacy. This meant that the national government was supreme in regards to many issues in relation to state governments, as enumerated by the Constitution.
