The Louisiana Territory which is most often called the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson, although Napoleon didn't own it. Jefferson paid France to relinquish their claim.
Thomas Jefferson was the president when the United States acquired the Louisiana Territory. The territory was purchased from France in 1803, in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase.
France ,under Napoleon, sold the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million in 1803.
Jefferson acquired The Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson
Meriwether Lewis.
In 1803 President Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from France.
In 1803.
Louisiana purchase
Jefferson was president when the Louisiana Territory was purchased from France. Iowa is part of that territory.
Lewis & Clark were sent out by the president Jefferson, to explore the newly purchased Louisiana