Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from Napoleon Bonaparte for $15 Million so Napoleon could fund his war efforts.
they bought it from them
The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States 22.3% of it's land mass, and almost tripled the size of the country at the time of it's purchase.
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Through the Louisiana Purchase the United States acquired an area more than 828,000 square miles, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion and also provided access to the Mississippi River .
Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase and got Congress to approve it and come up with the money.
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they bought it from them
The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States 22.3% of it's land mass, and almost tripled the size of the country at the time of it's purchase.
$15 million or 3,750,00 francs was the price for the Louisiana Territory. The 1803 agreement was known as the Louisiana Purchase, whereby the French gave up their claims to the western Mississippi valley.
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Livingston went to France in order to represent US interests. His specific goal was to negotiate over Louisiana and ended up performing the key negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase.
Through the Louisiana Purchase the United States acquired an area more than 828,000 square miles, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion and also provided access to the Mississippi River .
Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase and got Congress to approve it and come up with the money.
Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Purchase from France, doubling the size of the US. The purchase included land west of the Mississippi River, extending the country's borders to the Pacific Coast. The acquisition greatly expanded American territory and opened up new opportunities for westward expansion.
The Louisiana Purchase was form Michigan to Louisiana or Mississippi River over to about the middle of Texas (Roughly) and up around Oregon then across Montana. I know this description sounds a little rough but if you get a map it will look a lot better.
The US wanted to make their boundaries bigger (in case of war) and they thought it was for a reasonable price. Sorry world...that's all I got. Look it up yourself for a change! -_____________-