Spanish territory
The main reason the Louisiana territory was sold to the US was because the seller, France was broke following recent war expenses. The Louisiana Territory roughly encompassed 13 central and western states, from Louisiana to Montana.
The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million in 1803.
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The Louisiana Territory was purchases from Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
1803: The Louisiana Purchase extends the western boundary of the United States to the Rocky Mountains, occupying the drainage area of the Mississippi River, as estimated by the French explorer Robert La Salle. The Purchase doubled the territory of the United Stateshttp://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/usboundary.htm
British territory surrounded the globe. there was no western boundary.
Mississippi river
inbetween the oregon country, spain territory and illinois territory and mississippi territory.
eastern is the Mississippi river and the west is the rocky mountains
The Appalachian Mountains became the western boundary of the British colonies.
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The southern boundary of the Northwest Territory is the Ohio River, which was provided a means of governing through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
The Arkansas River is the river in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory. The boundary to the north was along the 100th meridian to the Arkansas River, then westward to its source in the Rockies.
The main reason the Louisiana territory was sold to the US was because the seller, France was broke following recent war expenses. The Louisiana Territory roughly encompassed 13 central and western states, from Louisiana to Montana.
$15 million or 3,750,00 francs was the price for the Louisiana Territory. The 1803 agreement was known as the Louisiana Purchase, whereby the French gave up their claims to the western Mississippi valley.
The Mississippi River was an important boundary in the Louisiana Purchase. The United States paid about $15 million for the Louisiana territory, which only worked out to about 4 cents per acre.