15. A loose interpretation of the Constitution was applied when A) George Washington appointed John Jay to the Supreme Court B) John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts C) Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory D) James monroe delivered his State of the Union message

c. thomas jefferson purchased the louisiana territory

Explanation:

it wasn't explicitly stated that foreign territories could be bought in the constitution, but since the benefits of buying the land outweighed not buying it, jefferson bought the louisiana territory from france anyway

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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