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The Louisiana Purchase was the latter, a treaty. Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution specifically grants the president the power to negotiate treaties, which is what Jefferson did. [41] Madison (the "Father of the Constitution") assured Jefferson that the Louisiana Purchase was well within even the strictest interpretation of the ...
The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase took effect on December 20, 1803. An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the District of Louisiana on March 26, 1804. An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Louisiana on March 3, 1805. An enlargeable map of the ...
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Unorganized territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804; District of Louisiana, 1804–1805; Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812; Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821; Territory of Arkansaw, 1819–1836 Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819; Disputed territory created by the Texas Annexation, 1845–1850 Compromise of 1850; Mexican–American ...
Louisiana: May 20, 2002 (April 30, 1812) 764,204,000 Brown pelican (state bird); trumpet with musical notes, outline of Louisiana Purchase on map of US Caption: "Louisiana Purchase" John Mercanti 19 Indiana: August 2, 2002 (December 11, 1816) 689,800,000 IndyCar, state outline, 19 stars (representing Indiana as the 19th state to join the Union)
October 20 – The Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, doubling the size of the United States. November 30 – At the Cabildo building in New Orleans, Spanish representatives Governor Manuel de Salcedo and the Marqués de Casa Calvo officially transfer Louisiana (New Spain) to French representative Prefect Pierre Clément de Laussat.
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