MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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The United States purchased a small plot of land at the mouth the Mississippi River from French settlers.
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Thomas Jefferson negotiated to purchase the Louisiana Territory from the French but was blocked by Congress.
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The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from the Spanish for $15 million.
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The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million.
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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: -As a result of this treaty, the nation doubled in size, adding territory that would become the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Minnesota, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase? The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement best describes the Louisiana Purchase? The US sent two representatives to buy the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.