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US President Thomas Jefferson concluded a treaty with Napoleon to buy the Louisiana Territory.
Napoleon sold President Jefferson the land sold in the Louisiana Purchase.
The 1803 deal made by Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon of France. The deal was called the Louisiana Purchase.
President Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The United States bought the land from France, which was then being led by Napoleon Bonaparte.
France. Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana Purchase to President Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson proposed and completed the Louisiana Purchase from France and Napoleon in 1803. Robert Livingstone and James Monroe traveled to France to negotiate the purchase. The original intent was to purchase only enough land to guarantee access to the Mississippi and the port of New Orleans. Napoleon apparently needed money and offered the entire Louisiana Territory for $15 million or about 3 cents per acre. After the purchase was made, Jefferson assigned Lewis and Clark the job of exploring the territory. Congress had to approve the final purchase and arrange to borrow the $15 million purchase price. Thomas Jefferson was our 3rd President serving from March, 1801 to March, 1809.
Jefferson wanted Monroe, along with the US minister to France, Robert Livingston, to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans. Napoleon instead offered all of the French claims in the Mississippi valley, and the 1803 agreement became known as the Louisiana Purchase.
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In 1803, US President Thomas Jefferson reached an agreement with Napoleon, to purchase from France the so-called Louisiana Territory. This became known as the Louisiana Purchase and almost doubled the size of the US.
Thomas Jefferson was the president when the purchase was made in 1803.
Jefferson arranged the purchase from Napoleon.