In the year 1803‚ during Thomas Jefferson’s reign as president‚ the largest land gain in United States history occurred. This event is known as “The Louisiana Purchase”. The gain of land stretched from the Mississippi River all the way to the Rocky Mountains‚ and it more than doubled the size of the United States of America. The Louisiana Purchase‚ the largest land acquisition in United States history‚ helped to shape the way the country has traded‚ fought‚ and progressed throughout history.
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The Louisiana Territory is the land stretching west of the Mississippi river to present day Colorado. This land was originally the property of France‚ until they gave it to Spain who realized they couldn’t handle that amount of land‚ and gave it right back to France. Once America heard of this‚ they sent two men to buy the city of New Orleans and however much land they could get for ten million dollars. However‚ France said that they would give them the entire territory for only five million more
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Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚ 1803‚ Thomas Jefferson made a treaty with Napoleon of France called the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase included the acquirement of the New Orleans area and 828‚000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson bought this land from France for $15 million dollars‚ with each acre costing about three cents. The Louisiana Purchase was one of Jefferson’s greatest accomplishments because it more than doubled the size of the United States. The land
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A little over two centuries ago – with the briefest of negotiations and under leadership of President Thomas Jefferson – the United States doubled in size. The Louisiana Purchase was a deal that encompassed all of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains‚ excluding Texas. At less than three cents per acre for 828‚000 square miles‚ it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. A bargain that cemented Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as President‚ even though Jefferson would
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On August 11‚ 2016 rain began falling across the southern portion of Louisiana‚ in which rainfall exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented
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The Louisiana Purchase was an arrangement between the United States and France‚ in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827 thousand square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. In 1801‚ Spain and France signed a secret treaty surrendering Louisiana to France. Thomas Jefferson realized that with this treaty‚ France suddenly posed a potential threat to America. If America did not purchase New Orleans from France‚ and with the change of ownership from Spain to France it could
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The colony of Louisiana has faced many challenges. Besides having settlements along the Gulf Coast and all along the Mississippi River‚ I think obtaining this colony from the French is a bad idea. The French have had nothing but trouble while trying to set up Louisiana as a colony. The French lacks consistency in governing‚ they sent the wrong types of settlers‚ there are no cash crops‚ and they have trouble with the Native Americans. (Sept. 17‚2012). There is a lot of disharmony within the government
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The Louisiana Purchase is the doing of Thomas Jefferson acquiring the territory of Louisiana from France in 1803 for about $15‚000‚000 which is approximately $236 million ("Louisiana Purchase‚ 1803"). The payment for the land was given with two million dollars up front‚ eleven million dollars over the course of a twenty year loan‚ and a French debt of almost four million dollars was forgiven by the United States ("How the Louisiana Purchase"). Originally the only interest of the purchase was the
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The Louisiana Purchase With the opening of the 19th century‚ new opportunities emerged for the new Republic of the United States and her peoples. Newly independent‚ the Americans were eager to expand the country’s boundaries. The country was surrounded by colonial nations and native tribes‚ very much different from their style of republic. The Louisiana Purchase was the most important land acquisition in the history of the United States‚ as it led to exploration‚ international incidents‚ and America’s
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Louisiana Purchase Treaty of 1803 A treaty signed on April 30‚ 1803‚ had the United States purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France.‚ which ended the threat of war with France The price was about $ 15 million‚ or 60 million francs‚ with $ 11‚ 250‚ 000 to be paid directly. President Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to Paris to negotiate the purchase. Because of concern with French intentions‚ the purchase was to be for a tract of land on the lower Mississippi‚ or
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