A major reason for purchasing the Louisiana

Territory (1803) was to

(1) gain access to the Ohio Territory

(2) remove the British from the borders of the

United States

(3) secure control of the port of New Orleans

(4) open the Rocky Mountains to miners

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Elena Rush

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A major reason for purchasing the Louisiana Territory (1803) was to secure control of the port of New Orleans.

A major reason for purchasing the LouisianaTerritory (1803) was to(1) gain access to the Ohio Territory(2) remove the British from the borders of theUnited States(3) secure control of the port of New Orleans(4) open the Rocky Mountains to miners