around 2 cents per acre
US gained the Louisiana Purchase by purchasing it for 50 million francs plus the US cancelled 18 million francs of France's debt. It averaged out to about 4 cents per acre.
The territory was purchased from France - at a total cost of 68 million francs ($15 million USD)
The Louisiana Purchase
The U.S. wanted to expand westward (Manifest Destiny). In the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. acquired (from France) 827,000 square miles west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars.
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To the US for $15 million.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 for $15 million.
France did, but in 1803 in the Louisiana purchase the U.S.A. bought the land from France for 15 million dollars.
The Louisiana purchase
Louisiana was bought by the Americans from France for 15 million dollars in 1803.
The Louisiania Purchase was made in 1803, the U.S. paid France 15 million dollars.
US gained the Louisiana Purchase by purchasing it for 50 million francs plus the US cancelled 18 million francs of France's debt. It averaged out to about 4 cents per acre.
The territory was purchased from France - at a total cost of 68 million francs ($15 million USD)
France ,under Napoleon, sold the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million in 1803.
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.
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Louisiana purchase, for four cents an acre or 15 million dollars total.