USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Contents. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought into the United States about 828, 000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Negotiations to end the war included debates about how far west the western border of the United States would be. 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-4: -The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.