THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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the Cascade Range
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the Rocky Mountains
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the Gulf of Mexico
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the Pacific Ocean
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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: -According to the Treaty of Paris, the final agreement was that the Mississippi River would be the western border of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The eastern border of the Louisiana Purchase was the Mississippi River. The western border reached the Rocky Mountains. The Gulf of Mexico became the southern border, while Canada was the northern border of the purchase.
Detailed explanation-4: -In August 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition reached Lemhi Pass, the western edge of the Louisiana Territory and the United States. For months, they had fought their way up the Missouri river to reach its headwaters.