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 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-3: -France cedes New Orleans and Louisiana west of the Mississippi to Spain. France cedes territories east of the Mississippi and north of New Orleans to Britain.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -In 1762, during the French and Indian War, France ceded its America territory west of the Mississippi River to Spain and in 1763 transferred nearly all of its remaining North American holdings to Great Britain.