USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All that the representatives knew was that the territory historically had been bordered on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and on the east by the Mississippi River between its mouth and its uncertain headwaters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rocky (then referred to as “Stony”) Mountains were accepted as the western limit of the Louisiana Territory, and the Mississippi River was considered for all practical purposes the eastern boundary of the great purchase.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The eastern border of the Louisiana Purchase was the Mississippi River. The western border reached the Rocky Mountains. The Gulf of Mexico became the southern border, while Canada was the northern border of the purchase.

Detailed explanation-4: -Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas in the north, Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico in the east, the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and Texas in the west. The state can be divided into three geographic regions. The East Gulf Coastal Plain is the low land east of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-5: -Two rivers on the east side of Louisiana carve out the border with its neighboring states. It’s the Mississippi River and Pearl River that shares a border with Mississippi. But on the west side, it’s the Sabine River sharing a border with the state of Texas.