ELI5: Why was the Louisiana Puschase so cheap, and why do some ... - Reddit
26 Nov 2023 at 8:13pm
The Louisiana purchase was 827,000 square miles purchased for 15 million. 15,000,000 / 827,000 = $18.14 per square mile Divide that $18.14 by 640 acres per square mile is 18.14 / 640 = 0.0283 cents per acre. So essentially we bought the Louisiana purchase at $.02 per acre. That land has probably produce trillions in GDP since its purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase would be $340 million today [self] - Reddit
1 May 2024 at 6:47pm
The Louisiana Purchase consisted of a bit more than 530 million acres, but we?ll stick with that nice round number. Land prices have increased dramatically and exponentially. According to Land.com, the average price today for undeveloped land in the state of Louisiana is $4119/acre.
Louisiana Purchase : r/AskHistorians - Reddit
22 Nov 2023 at 12:58am
The Louisiana Purchase territory was for the period between the end of the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) and 1800 actually belonged to Spain. Spain sold it to France in 1800. The heavy American influence came from Pickneys Treaty which allowed trade down the river to New Orleans for shipping.
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25 Jun 2024 at 1:14am
I?ve heard the Louisiana Purchase described as the best real estate purchase in human history. In 1803 for $18M dollars Thomas Jefferson brought into the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known at the time as the Louisiana Territo
Louisiana Purchase in a nutshell : r/HistoryMemes - Reddit
18 Feb 2024 at 12:21pm
The money France got for it was spent financing the Army of England, the planned invasion force that would cross the English Channel - a military operation that spent every franc garnered from the Louisiana Purchase without gaining anything but some drowned French soldiers. This sounds like someone in Britain was doing fourth dimensional chess ...
CMV: The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was a terrible deal for ... - Reddit
11 Jun 2024 at 1:02am
The thing is, the 828,000 sq miles of Indian land was never the central purpose or goal of the Louisiana Purchase. Originally, Jefferson only wanted to buy the port of New Orleans and access to the Mississippi River through the Gulf of Mexico, which definitely was controlled and occupied by the French, and couldn't have been taken by the US ...
Why did President Thomas Jefferson think the Louisiana Purchase was ...
1 Nov 2023 at 5:05am
France then counters with an offer for the US to purchase all the Louisiana Territory for $15 million. Jefferson considered this deal unconstitutional because the US Constitution made no provisions for land sales, and the US accepting such a treaty would violate Jefferson's strict constructionism.
Literally, how did the U.S. pay France the $15M for the Louisiana Purchase?
4 Jun 2024 at 3:55am
Not an expert from the British/French angle, but one of the sources I have read claimed that the British were initially opposed to the Louisiana Purchase. Their hope was that if Napoleon retained Louisiana he would drop his claims on Malta, which the British had agreed to cede in the peace of Amiens.
How did the money transfer for the Louisiana Purchase happen in ...
18 Aug 2023 at 8:24pm
In 1801, James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston (the R. also stood for Robert, oddly enough) were sent to Paris not to buy the enormous swath of land subsequently called the Louisiana Purchase but to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta, thereby securing the lucrative Mississippi River shipping route.
Logistically, how did Napoleon get paid for the Louisiana Purchase?
28 Nov 2023 at 1:12am
Thank you for the great question! I have been studying the history of early Jeffersonian Era for a while now; a particular interest of mine has been the Louisiana Purchase. In 1803 things were just warming up for Napoleon, who was serving as the First Consul of the Republic of France. He would become Emperor in May of the following year.
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26 Nov 2023 at 8:13pm
The Louisiana purchase was 827,000 square miles purchased for 15 million. 15,000,000 / 827,000 = $18.14 per square mile Divide that $18.14 by 640 acres per square mile is 18.14 / 640 = 0.0283 cents per acre. So essentially we bought the Louisiana purchase at $.02 per acre. That land has probably produce trillions in GDP since its purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase would be $340 million today [self] - Reddit
1 May 2024 at 6:47pm
The Louisiana Purchase consisted of a bit more than 530 million acres, but we?ll stick with that nice round number. Land prices have increased dramatically and exponentially. According to Land.com, the average price today for undeveloped land in the state of Louisiana is $4119/acre.
Louisiana Purchase : r/AskHistorians - Reddit
22 Nov 2023 at 12:58am
The Louisiana Purchase territory was for the period between the end of the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) and 1800 actually belonged to Spain. Spain sold it to France in 1800. The heavy American influence came from Pickneys Treaty which allowed trade down the river to New Orleans for shipping.
The United States buying Alaska was the greatest thing anybody ... - Reddit
25 Jun 2024 at 1:14am
I?ve heard the Louisiana Purchase described as the best real estate purchase in human history. In 1803 for $18M dollars Thomas Jefferson brought into the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known at the time as the Louisiana Territo
Louisiana Purchase in a nutshell : r/HistoryMemes - Reddit
18 Feb 2024 at 12:21pm
The money France got for it was spent financing the Army of England, the planned invasion force that would cross the English Channel - a military operation that spent every franc garnered from the Louisiana Purchase without gaining anything but some drowned French soldiers. This sounds like someone in Britain was doing fourth dimensional chess ...
CMV: The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was a terrible deal for ... - Reddit
11 Jun 2024 at 1:02am
The thing is, the 828,000 sq miles of Indian land was never the central purpose or goal of the Louisiana Purchase. Originally, Jefferson only wanted to buy the port of New Orleans and access to the Mississippi River through the Gulf of Mexico, which definitely was controlled and occupied by the French, and couldn't have been taken by the US ...
Why did President Thomas Jefferson think the Louisiana Purchase was ...
1 Nov 2023 at 5:05am
France then counters with an offer for the US to purchase all the Louisiana Territory for $15 million. Jefferson considered this deal unconstitutional because the US Constitution made no provisions for land sales, and the US accepting such a treaty would violate Jefferson's strict constructionism.
Literally, how did the U.S. pay France the $15M for the Louisiana Purchase?
4 Jun 2024 at 3:55am
Not an expert from the British/French angle, but one of the sources I have read claimed that the British were initially opposed to the Louisiana Purchase. Their hope was that if Napoleon retained Louisiana he would drop his claims on Malta, which the British had agreed to cede in the peace of Amiens.
How did the money transfer for the Louisiana Purchase happen in ...
18 Aug 2023 at 8:24pm
In 1801, James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston (the R. also stood for Robert, oddly enough) were sent to Paris not to buy the enormous swath of land subsequently called the Louisiana Purchase but to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta, thereby securing the lucrative Mississippi River shipping route.
Logistically, how did Napoleon get paid for the Louisiana Purchase?
28 Nov 2023 at 1:12am
Thank you for the great question! I have been studying the history of early Jeffersonian Era for a while now; a particular interest of mine has been the Louisiana Purchase. In 1803 things were just warming up for Napoleon, who was serving as the First Consul of the Republic of France. He would become Emperor in May of the following year.
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