James Monroe who later became the 5th US president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, along with Robert R. Livingston.
James Madison who was the Secretary of State when the Louisiana Purchase was made.
James Madison was the president in 1812 when Louisiana became a state.
James Madison was president when Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812.
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.
Louisiana purchase
James Madison was the president when this happened in 1812.
A territory, part of the Louisiana Purchase.
No it was in the NorthWestern Territory, it became a state right around when we bought the Louisiana from the French.
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the part of the Louisiana Purchase that would eventually become the State of Louisiana was organized into the Territory of Orleans. The Territory of Louisiana was the other part of the Louisiana purchase that became the State of Arkansas and everything North of that. (The land north of Lake Ponchartrain and east of the Mississippi River was known as "West Florida" and was owned at the time by Great Britain.)
It was carved up into various Territories which later became States.
Most of Minnesota's land was part of the Louisiana Purchase.
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the part of the Louisiana Purchase that would eventually become the State of Louisiana was organized into the Territory of Orleans. The Territory of Louisiana was the other part of the Louisiana purchase that became the State of Arkansas and everything North of that. (The land north of Lake Ponchartrain and east of the Mississippi River was known as "West Florida" and was owned at the time by Great Britain.)