the french possession was the land owned north of the Louisiana purchase .
This is the Louisiana Purchase from the French in 1803.
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Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase from the French.
Illinois was acquired from Britain as part of the treaty ending the Revolutionary War which was before the Louisiana Purchase. The French had earlier ceded Illinois to the British with the treaty that ended the French and Indian War.
Napoleon sold French Louisiana to the US in 1803 as the Louisiana Purchase.
English : Welcome to Louisiana! French : Bienvenue en Louisiane!
The French were in serious debt.
french owend the land
The French
Thomas Jefferson bought it from the French
The Louisiana PurchaseThe United States acquired Louisiana from the French in 1803 in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase. George Washington