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No, Benjamin Franklin did not buy the Louisiana Territory. The territory was acquired by the United States from France in 1803 during Thomas Jefferson's presidency through the Louisiana Purchase, which was negotiated by Robert Livingston and James Monroe. Franklin was a prominent figure in American history and diplomacy, but he passed away in 1790, long before the purchase occurred.
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.
Antonio Martinez was the first governor of the New Mexico Territory, serving from 1850 to 1853 after the territory was established following the Mexican-American War. He was a prominent figure in the early governance of the territory, navigating the challenges of integrating it into the United States. Before his governorship, he held various roles, including being a military and civil leader in the region. His tenure was marked by efforts to promote development and stability in the newly acquired territory.
The territories acquired by the Louisiana Purchase. Texas. California, Arizona and New Mexico.
New France primarily encompassed areas that are now part of Canada and the northern United States. In the U.S., states that were part of New France include parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan, among others. The territory was notable for its fur trading and was influenced by French culture and governance before it was ceded to Britain and later acquired by the United States.
Illinois was acquired from Britain as part of the treaty ending the Revolutionary War which was before the Louisiana Purchase. The French had earlier ceded Illinois to the British with the treaty that ended the French and Indian War.
The American colonies, as we still call it.
Britain only needed slaves to work plantations in the British colonies. They were not used in Britain itself. Britain abolished slavery well before American did.
Alaska was a US Territory long before the Spanish American War.
Spain owned Florida before the French and Indian war.