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Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia
23 Apr 2024 at 10:24pm
The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [1]

Louisiana Purchase | Definition, Date, Cost, History, Map ...
23 Apr 2024 at 7:22am
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803. The deal granted the United States the sole authority to obtain the land from its indigenous inhabitants, either by contract or by conquest.

Louisiana Purchase - Definition, Facts & Importance | HISTORY
23 Apr 2024 at 4:23am
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 introduced about 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France into the United States, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. Explore the facts...

How the Louisiana Purchase Changed the World | History ...
24 Apr 2024 at 1:55pm
The Louisiana Purchase, made 200 years ago this month, nearly doubled the size of the United States. By any measure, it was one of the most colossal land transactions in history, involving an...

The Louisiana Purchase and its exploration - Khan Academy
22 Apr 2024 at 10:54pm
Overview. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, reshaping the environmental and economic makeup of the country. Jefferson confronted questions of presidential authority in deciding whether or not to acquire the territory, since the US Constitution does not explicitly give the president the power to purchase territory.

The purchase of Louisiana from France | Britannica
23 Apr 2024 at 8:05am
Louisiana Purchase, Territory purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803 for $15 million. It extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to British America (Canada). In 1762 France had ceded Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain, but Spain returned it to French control in 1800.

Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803) | National Archives
23 Apr 2024 at 10:10pm
The Louisiana Purchase was the first major cession of land in a long series of expansions that span the 19th century. Within 50 years, the present-day borders of the contiguous United States would be solidified with the Gadsden Purchase.



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