Think of the Mississippi as a highway and it can be used to ship goods and people. As well as have access to the Gulf of Mexico. This is vital for trade.
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
Thomas Jefferson offered the Louisiana Purchase to The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The Louisiana Purchase April 1803, served to double the size of the United States. The purchase consisting of approximately 828,000 Square miles includes land which forms or is a part of no less than 15 present States of the United States.
Nearly 500,000 additional square miles were added to America through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. This acquisition, made from France, doubled the size of the United States at the time and included land that would later become parts of 15 states. The purchase was driven by a desire for westward expansion and control over the Mississippi River, which was crucial for trade.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
America was interested in acquiring the Louisiana Purchase because it provided access to valuable land for expansion, control of the Mississippi River for trade, and strategic military advantages.
The Louisiana Purchase was important for several reasons both American and European. It created more land owned by America as it expanded at the time to the Mississippi and helped feed support to the idea of Manifest Destiny. In Europe the Louisiana Purchase was important because it gave funds to Napolean to continue conquering Europe for the French.
Louisiana Purchase
The land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi river was called the Louisiana Purchase after the Revolutionary War. The Louisiana Purchase was 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
It doubled the size of america at the time.
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 extended the territory of North America from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River, doubling the size of the United States.
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The Louisiana purchase doubled the size of America and we could trade more
The French wanted to control Louisiana. The Mississippi River that open ports in Louisiana is a very important trade route.
The louisianan purchase doubled the size of America, and it brougth new coltures and citizens
The date of the Louisiana Purchase was April 30, 1803
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