The Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson had dreamed of exploring the West for at least 20 years before he even became President. In 1783 he had even asked William Clark's brother, George, to take on the challenge. The Louisiana Purchase would later alter the character of the planned expedition from an exploration of French territory to a first glimpse of lands that, in the view of many contemporaries, were essential to maintaining the agrarian, republican character of the nation.

The Louisiana Territory had been a land purchase transaction by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory "Louisiane" in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of $15,000,000 for the Louisiana Territory. After finally purchasing the Louisiana Territory, and two weeks before inauguration day Jefferson asked Lewis, in January of 1803, to go on the journey. Jefferson then requested $2500 from Congress to pay for the costs of the trip.

Control of the Port of New Orleans was the main factor pulling the U.S. to make the Louisiana Purchase. The main pull factor leading to the Louisiana Purchase was the U.S. desire to control the Port of New Orleans.

The Senate ratified the treaty October 20, 1803, and the United States took possession of the territory December 20, 1803.

The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803. The USA under Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from France for $15 million (2009 equivalent - $219 million). The territory in question was huge - 2,147,000 km squared. It doubled the size of the United States at the time. It covered all or part of 14 modern US states and 2 Canadian provinces and represents 23% of the territory of the US today.

cause: the rulers of the us wanted money and power of the whole world and buying the Louisiana territory because it would get them one step closer to world domination

effect: we bought Louisiana and became one step closer to world domination!

France owned a large portion of North America. However, being that France was also at war with the British, they needed money. As such, they sold the land to the United States.

In the early 1800s, the ruler of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase was Napoleon. Deeply embroiled in war in Europe at the time, Napoleon was in more need of money than of troublesome and distant colonial land of dubious value.

The Louisiana Purchase was intended to remove France's presence from the territories in the entire center portion of the continental United States. The purchase would also insure free passage on the Mississippi River and trade access to the Port of New Orleans.

The only thing that the US -Mexican War had in common was the fact that the territory of the United States was expanded. The Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, expanded the US territory to the areas now US States. This includes Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, & Nebraska. Also part of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

The war with Mexico, gave the USA, California, Arizona, & New Mexico, along with parts of other western territories.

By completing the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson went against his own philosophy concerning anti-federalism and a strict interpretation of the Constitution, but felt that the purchase was necessary to avoid a potential future war with France who controlled the port in Louisiana. Jefferson thought the purchase would lead to a more agrarian society.
He argued land purchases from foreign powers were legally similar to treaties and therefore constitutional.

For starters, It doubled the size of the United States at the time, and it provided more land. He was already about to send out Lewis and Clark on their expedition, and this was a benefit, because they now owned the land. Also, It gave them the land Napolean and other French might use and had planned on using to attack the US.

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The Louisiana Territory purchased from Napoleon in 1803 included New Orleans ad the 820,000 acres that now is basically the center of the US. It stretched as far north as Minnesota and as far west as where the state of Montana is now.

James Monroe

The date of the Louisiana Purchase was

April 30, 1803

George Washington was not involved with the Louisiana Purchase.

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because france just had a war and they needed money really badly

it was considered illegal by some because the U.S. Constitution at the time did not contain any provisions for acquiring new territory.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the land bought through the Louisiana Purchase. Sacagawea, a Native American, assisted them.

The 1803 acquisition by the United States of the Territory of Louisiana from its owner, France, came at a "bargain-basement" price of 15 million dollars. This figure has been recently converted to a modern equivalent of 236 million dollars.

The Louisiana Purchase consisted of the land owned by France on the North American continent. It bordered on the United States, which, at the time, stretched only to the Mississippi River, plus what today is Michigan. At the time, it was referred to as the Northwest Territory. The Purchase territory stretched from New Orleans, up to what is now Washington and Oregon. [It did not include the Southwest, which did not become US territory until after the Mexican War.]

In 1803 Napoleon was preparing for more wars in Europe. He knew this would involve Great Britain. Some 40 years before, Spain had secretly ceded a huge amount of land called the Louisiana Territory to France. Napoleon recognized that the British had an unmatchable powerful navy. He saw the need to raise funds for the war in Europe. He also saw that the City of New Orleans was indefensible against England. Rather than have the British capture New Orleans, he believed the Americans would be able to do so for geo-political reasons. He also realized the huge expanse of the Louisiana Territory would be a deal hard for US President Jefferson to resist. Napoleon also understood that the US would not wish to have the British control the valuable city of New Orleans. A deal was struck for $10 million. Congress approved it. The US doubled in size and Britain had no chance to capture New Orleans. This edit is fair