The United States emerged from the Revolutionary War with its independence, but the young nation remained vulnerable to foreign powers. Both France and Spain claimed territory west of the original ...

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20 -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia nodded, agreeing with his fellow jurists that Thomas Jefferson was indeed guilty of prolonging slavery, deporting American Indians and ...

The Louisiana Purchase : broad stroke across the American canvas -- Thomas Jefferson : enigmatic leader, eloquent statesman -- Napoleon : a "little corporal" with big ambition -- Josephine : woman of ...

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The History Channel looks at the background of the Louisiana Purchase and how Thomas Jefferson's emissaries managed to double the size of the United States with the stroke of a pen.