15 millions dollar
About $15 million dollars for the whole Louisiana Territory
No. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Spain once owned Louisiana as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. But, the French got it back with a secret treaty in 1800. Presient Jefferson used the Louisiana Purchase as a result, gaining much land.
15 million dollars was the price paid for the Lousiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson for $15 million.
Yes. That is how much they payed for the Louisiana Territory. Which the name of that purchase was known as the Louisiana Purchase.
No. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Spain once owned Louisiana as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. But, the French got it back with a secret treaty in 1800. Presient Jefferson used the Louisiana Purchase as a result, gaining much land.
The Louisiana Purchase occurred during Thomas Jefferson's term as the United States president. Land had been bought by the United States from France. However, the United States did not know how much land it had bought. Jefferson sent an expedition to map the new territory. This was known as the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The territory was purchased from France - at a total cost of 68 million francs ($15 million USD)
$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.
The Louisiana Purchase
Because he wanted to gain more power to keep his land instead of to let it be taken by greedy little Europeans that wanted so much power of to take away the things that the people worked so hard to get but instead the Europeans did not think of what to do with the land.
The US very much needed secure access to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. In those days, the Ohio and Mississippi River and connecting streams were the only practical way to move goods and people to much of the Western territories. The roads were mostly just trails, impassible much of the time and unsafe for travelers due to Indians. River boats were much safer and faster. When Napoleon offered the to sell the entire Louisiana territory, Jefferson saw its value, not only for the present but for the future.