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  2. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana Purchase territory shown as American Indian land in Gratiot's map of the defenses of the western & north-western frontier, 1837. The Louisiana Purchase was negotiated between France and the United States, without consulting the various Indian tribes who lived on the land and who had not ceded the land to any colonial power.

  3. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Change Map December 20, 1803 The United States purchased Louisiana from France. This is the date of the formal turnover in New Orleans; the purchase was completed on April 30, 1803. [109] The transfer would be recognized in St. Louis in Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804, known as Three Flags Day.

  4. List of territorial claims and designations in Colorado

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    The Louisiana Purchase is signed on April 30, 1803, announced on July 4, 1803, ratified on October 20, 1803, and transferred on December 20, 1803. Louisiana Purchase , 1803 Wishing to guarantee American navigation rights on the Mississippi River , U.S. President Thomas Jefferson offered to purchase the Mississippi River port of New Orleans from ...

  5. The Louisiana Purchase was considered a steal in 1803. How ...

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    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 ...

  6. The Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson’s constitutional gamble - AOL

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    On October 20, 1803, the Senate ratified a treaty with France, promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, that doubled the size of the United States. But was Jefferson empowered to make that $15 ...

  7. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana became part of the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803. The U.S. would divide that area into two territories, the Territory of Orleans, which formed what would become the boundaries of Louisiana, and the District of Louisiana. Louisiana was admitted as the 18th state of the United States on April 30, 1812.

  8. History of St. Louis (1763–1803) - Wikipedia

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    The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1763 to 1803 was marked by the transfer of French Louisiana to Spanish control, the founding of the city of St. Louis, its slow growth and role in the American Revolution under the rule of the Spanish, the transfer of the area to American control in the Louisiana Purchase, and its steady growth and prominence since then.

  9. Louisiana Territory - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Territory included all of the land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel. The eastern boundary of the purchase, the Mississippi River, functioned as the territory's eastern limit. Its northern and western boundaries, however, were indefinite, and remained so throughout its existence.