the french possession was the land owned north of the Louisiana purchase .
The Louisiana Territory belonged to France. Its sale to the United States was done under the auspices of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was emperor of France in 1803.
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, California was owned by Spain. Following the Napoleonic Wars and subsequent treaties, Spain ceded its territories to France, which briefly controlled California before the territory was transferred to the United States after the Mexican-American War in 1848. Ultimately, California was not part of the Louisiana Purchase itself but became a U.S. territory later.
lands west of the Mississippi that were owned by the French
Before Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from Spain the United States was about one third of the size it is today. When they bought the territory the size of the United States doubled because at the time, Spain still owned one third of the United States.
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the french possession was the land owned north of the Louisiana purchase .
what country owned the Louisiana purchase when the states singed the constitution
The Louisiana Territory belonged to France. Its sale to the United States was done under the auspices of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was emperor of France in 1803.
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, California was owned by Spain. Following the Napoleonic Wars and subsequent treaties, Spain ceded its territories to France, which briefly controlled California before the territory was transferred to the United States after the Mexican-American War in 1848. Ultimately, California was not part of the Louisiana Purchase itself but became a U.S. territory later.
Before President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from the French, the ownership of that land moved around. First it was owned by France. Then, it became Spain's. Penultimately, it was the French, then the US.
lands west of the Mississippi that were owned by the French
France.The Louisiana Territory was owned by France, and was sold to Thomas Jefferson by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Before Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from Spain the United States was about one third of the size it is today. When they bought the territory the size of the United States doubled because at the time, Spain still owned one third of the United States.
France.The Louisiana Territory was owned by France, and was sold to Thomas Jefferson by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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.)
we got the louisiana territory from france (Napoleon sold it to Lincoln).