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Louisiana purchased nothing, the US purchased the territory that France identified as Louisiana which was much larger than the modern state of Louisiana. French Louisiana included all lands west of the Mississippi river except the southwest (claimed by Spain) and the Pacific northwest (claimed by England and Russia). However the precise boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase were (and still are) uncertain.

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Q: Why did Louisiana purchase the land west of Mississippi?
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What was the great expanse of land west of the Mississippi river that the president bought from France?

The Louisiana Territory/The Louisiana Purchase


The deal in which president Jefferson acquired much of the land west of the Mississippi River is known as what?

The Louisiana Purchase


Which country controlled the land west of the louisiana purchase?

the spanish had control of the mississippi river in 1764


Why is the Louisiana purchase change the US?

The Louisiana Purcahse gave the U.S access to the port of the Mississippi River and more land out west doubling their size.


Who controlled the land west of the Mississippi river?

Before the Louisiana purchase the French controlled all land west of the Mississippi river. Later in the century a deal was struck between the US and the Russians to buy the territory that is now know as Alaska.


What did The Louisiana Purchase included?

lands west of the Mississippi that were owned by the French


How many square miles of land did the Louisiana purchase add to America?

The Louisiana purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars.


What was the Louisiana purchase about?

The Louisiana Purchase was about the westward expansion of the new United States. It was purchased from France in 1803 and amounted to 800,000 square miles of new land.


What event in 1803 opened a vast area west of Mississippi?

The Louisiana Purchase.


Who explored the land west of the Mississippi river?

Many people explored the land west of the Mississippi, but it seems most likely the question is asking about just after the Louisiana Purchase, if so then the answer is Louis and Clark. However if that is not the answer you are looking for you must resubmit the question with more specificity.


What strip of land is along the gulf of Mexico and begins with west during the Louisiana purchase?

The strip of land that the united states thought was in the Louisiana purchase but wasn't was West Florida.


What is the Louisiana purchase Lewis and clark?

The Louisiana Purchase was the land west of the Mississippi River that was bought from Napoleon while he was trying to take over Europe. Lewis and Clark went out on a mission across the Louisiana Purchase to find the Northwest Passage. (There mission was a failure, since there was no Northwest Passage).