Peter Bolton-King, chief executive of the NAEA, said: The coalition believes that stamp duty is an anachronistic tax which, in its current form, is preventing a recovery in the housing sector.
The Exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. It is often said that the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was to explore the Louisiana Purchase, the vast land purchase that doubled the size of the United States. In fact, the expedition had been planned and Jefferson was intent on it proceeding before the United States had any expectation of purchasing land from France.
Why were meriwether Lewis and William clark chosento lead the exploration of the louisiana purchase? lewis was originally chosen because he was a friend of Jefferson, he was young, and he had many skills (drawing, exploring, negotiating) that he would need. lewis chose the ol â¦ der clark to accompany him because he was especially good at drawing maps