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.
The Mississippi River forms the eastern boundary of the territory gained from the Louisiana Purchase, while the Rocky Mountains and Continental Divide mark the western boundary.
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eastern is the Mississippi river and the west is the rocky mountains
The Rocky Mountains formed the new western boundary of the US after the Louisiana Purchase in the early 19th century.
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 Mississippi River marked the eastern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase, while the Rocky Mountains served as the western boundary.