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Dec 2, 2009 · 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 about ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Louisiana Purchase, western half of the Mississippi River basin purchased in 1803 from France by the United States; at less than three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles (2,144,520 square km), it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history.
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April 2003. The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States and the cost of about four cents an acre was a breathtaking bargain. The Granger Collection, New York ...
Aug 11, 2022 · Louisiana Purchase Date. April 30, 1803 — The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed on April 30, 1803, by Robert R. Livingston, Minister Plenipotentiary, James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy, and French representative Francois Barbé-Marbois. The treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on October 20, 1803, by a vote of 24-7.
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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]
Jun 21, 2017 · The Louisiana Purchase. Though the Louisiana territory had changed hands between France and Spain a number of times, in 1800 Spain ceded the territory to Napoleon’s France. Napoleon, whose attention was consumed by war in Europe, began to view the territory as a needless burden. In 1803, he volunteered to sell all 828,000 square miles to the ...
The Treaty of the Louisiana Purchase A brief summary of the history and politics of one of the most strategically important events in U.S. history. Click on the map to see the 1790 boundaries of the Louisiana Territory, an acquisition that doubled the size of the country. Report broken link
