USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Louisiana became a state in 1812-here is a selection of congressional records that document Louisiana’s journey to become the 18th state in the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 10, 1804, France officially transferred its claim to the Louisiana Territory to the United States. President Thomas Jefferson had acquired-purchased-the Louisiana Territory almost a year earlier, for the price of about $15 million (about $342 million in 2020, adjusted for inflation).

Detailed explanation-4: -On October 1, 1800, within 24 hours of signing a peace settlement with the United States, First Consul of the Republic of France Napoleon Bonaparte, acquired Louisiana from Spain by the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.

Detailed explanation-5: -Louisiana (French: La Louisiane; La Louisiane Française) or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682 to 1769 and 1801 (nominally) to 1803, the area was named in honor of King Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle.