THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
EMBARGO OF 1807
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It led to the French & Indian War
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It led to the Battle of the Alamo
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It doubled the size of the United States, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and control of the port of New Orleans.
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It led to the War of 1812
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Louisiana Territory was vast, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to Rupert’s Land in the north, and from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west. Acquiring the territory doubled the size of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed in Paris on April 30, 1803. The ratification of the treaty by the Senate on October 20, 1803, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -In 1812, Louisiana became the first state to join the union from land bought in the purchase. Louisiana was allowed to enter the United States with its French legal traditions largely in place. Even today, Louisiana’s legal code retains many elements that do not follow English common law traditions.