USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory–828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Louisiana Purchase encompassed 530, 000, 000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monroe arrives in Paris and joins Livingston in negotiations with Finance Minister Barbé-Marbois. Monroe, Livingston, and Barbé-Marbois agree on terms of sale: $15 million for approximately 827, 000 square miles of territory. Britain declares war on France. Purchase is officially announced in United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.