MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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was a major cause of the Spanish-American War.
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pushed the Spanish below the Rio Grande in North America.
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resulted in increased conflict between the U.S. and France.
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nearly doubled the area of the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed in Paris on April 30, 1803. The ratification of the treaty by the Senate on October 20, 1803, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Louisiana Territory was vast, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to Rupert’s Land in the north, and from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west. Acquiring the territory doubled the size of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -In late April 1803, with the stroke of a pen and the exchange of just $15 million, the United States nearly doubled in size. With the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. acquired nearly 827, 000 square miles of French-held land for just four cents an acre.