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Because presidents can't buy stuff they can only make treaties.

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11y ago

Because he wasn't sure if the it was constitutional or not for the President to purchase land, as things according to land and land purchasing were not stated in the constitution.

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12y ago

Because the Americans moved there Illegally.

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he was not sure if it would be beneficial for Americans.

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12y ago

HE USUALLY EMBRACED A STRICT INTERPRETATION of the constitution

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12y ago

he wasn't very uneasy about it about it but he did it to expand America and get the port of Orleans from France without a war

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11y ago

The Constitution did not explicitly give the President the authority to make such a purchase.

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12y ago

Because the Native Americans lived there

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11y ago

too much cash!!

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