USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Great Britain officially conceded Spanish ownership of Louisiana in February 1763 in one of the series of treaties ending the French and Indian War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spanish control. 1762 – As negotiations began to end the Seven Years’ War, Louis XV of France secretly proposed to his cousin Charles III of Spain that France give Louisiana to Spain in the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

Detailed explanation-3: -To compensate Spain for joining the war effort and as incentive to accept the peace terms with Great Britain, France’s King Louis XV, offered western Louisiana and New Orleans to Spain’s King Carlos III.

Detailed explanation-4: -France acquired Louisiana from Spain in 1800 and took possession in 1802, sending a large French army to St. Domingue and preparing to send another to New Orleans.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.