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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.

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