Sold it to the us
France, until 1802 when they mad a secret agreement with spain
Before it was transferred to the United States in 1802, the Louisiana Territory belonged to France. The territory had been acquired by France from Spain in 1800 through the Treaty of San Ildefonso. However, the area was largely unexplored and sparsely populated at that time. The U.S. later purchased the territory in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
In 1802, it belonged to France. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it belonged to the United States.
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No, the Louisiana territory was not purchased from Spain. It was purchased from France.
France Not France. During the time period when the United States signed the Constitution, Spain owned the Louisiana Territory. France later gained the territory shortly before President Thomas Jefferson made the decision to buy it.
Louisiana was a French territory purchased by United States in 1803; Louisiana was not a Spanish territory.
Thomas Jefferson confirmed that Spain had secretly transferred the Louisiana Territory to France in April 1802. This revelation heightened concerns in the United States about French intentions in North America, leading Jefferson to consider strategies to secure American access to the Mississippi River. The transfer ultimately contributed to the U.S. decision to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
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No. It belonged to Spain.
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