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The Louisiana Territory originally belonged to the French.
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France had the control before the united states got.
France controlled the Louisiana territory until 1803. The United States paid France a total of 15 million dollars for the territory.
Florida was owned by Spain, and Louisiana was owned by France in 1787.
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France, until 1802 when they mad a secret agreement with spain
to make France's Caribbean colonies more profitable.
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.
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Jefferson acquired The Louisiana Territory.
To make franc's carribean colonies more profitable