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  2. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. First Madagascar expedition - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1880s however, the French colonial faction, the right-wing Catholic lobby and Réunion parliamentarians all advocated an invasion of Madagascar in order to suppress British influence there. [3] The non-respect of the Lambert Charter and the letter to Napoleon III were used by the French as the pretext to invade Madagascar in 1883. [2]

  4. Timeline of the American Old West - Wikipedia

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    The events in this timeline occurred primarily in the portion of the modern continental United States west of the Mississippi River, and mostly in the period between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the admission of the last western territories as states in 1912 where most of the frontier was already settled and became urbanized; a few ...

  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. Outline of Wyoming territorial evolution - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Category:Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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  8. 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. [107] The transfer would be recognized in St. Louis in Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804, known as Three Flags Day.

  9. Territorial evolution of New Mexico - Wikipedia

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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 ...