According to the Bureau of Land Management, the Louisiana Purchase was 828,000 square miles of French territory in 1803. The cost was about $15 million (3 cents per acre). The land purchased was all of the land in the U.S.A west of the Mississippi.
828,800 square miles in 1803 for a total of 15 million dollars ($219 million in 2010 $)
828,800 square miles
Really Big!....It doubled the size of the U.S.A! :)
It included 828,800 square miles in area and it had a $15 million dollar price tag.
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
Almost 530 million acres.
50 sqare miles
France was desperate for money, so they sold the land to Jefferson for $15 million (a cheap price for that much land!). Seeing a great deal and a good chance to expand the U.S., Jefferson bought it.
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.
On the 30th April, 1803, the US agreed in Paris to pay $15 million for about 828,000 square miles. It became known as the Louisiana Purchase, and almost doubled the area of the United States.
The Louisiana purchase doubled the size of the original US.
The Louisiana Purchase
France was desperate for money, so they sold the land to Jefferson for $15 million (a cheap price for that much land!). Seeing a great deal and a good chance to expand the U.S., Jefferson bought it.
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Louisiana was a French colony in Colonial American History. It was eventually bought from France in what is called "The Louisiana Purchase," which also includes much of the land north of Louisiana. So in short the reason why Louisiana speaks Fench is because they are French.
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.
Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana. He purchased the 800,000 sq/miles for 15 million dollars. He commissioned Louis and Clark to explore the land.
On the 30th April, 1803, the US agreed in Paris to pay $15 million for about 828,000 square miles. It became known as the Louisiana Purchase, and almost doubled the area of the United States.
The Louisiana purchase doubled the size of the original US.
The Louisiana Purchase
No. It was puchased much later (in 1867) from the Russians.
Much of Colorado was included in the lands acquired in 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.
it doubled in size