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Dedi, I think its safe to say they were all for it. They recognised that the availability of free land was very important in promoting and maintaining social and political equality and the virtues of citizenship. The right to vote then was dependent on property ownership but with lots of land available virtually anybody could meet the qualifications. Land ownership gave people personal economic independence, which is very important for political independence. As long as you are responsible for your own financial well being, nobody can have enough economic power over you to compel or coerce you to vote any certain way. The founders though had no idea how quickly westward expansion would happen. When Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory he thought it would take at least two hundred years to fill it up. Instead it took about 80 or 90. Michael Montagne

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Q: What were the founding father's view on the expansion of the new nation?
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