Thomas Jefferson oversaw the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and thereby doubled the size of the US.
Thomas Jefferson was president, when the amount of land in the US almost doubled in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase. Made in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was President of the US.
He was happy because it doubled the nations size
The 1803 deal made by Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon of France. The deal was called the Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase, in 1803. Bought by then-president Thomas Jefferson for $15 miliion from France. What a deal !
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson. He approved the Louisiana Purchase which effectively doubled the size of the US.
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 US President in 1803 when he negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, for a total cost of about $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of The United States.
Thomas Jefferson (served 1801-1809) was President in 1803 when the Louisiana Purchase was made.Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in give the US access to the Mississippi and the port at New Orleans. Although the Constitution did not strictly express that the U.S. could purchase land from foreign nations, Jefferson asserted that it was a part of his presidential power to make treaties. The territory expanded from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and more than doubled the size of the US. The territory was bought for $15 million, about 3 cents an acre.
Thomas Jefferson proposed and completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.