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France sold a vast majority of its territorial claims in North America to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase included present-day states of Louisiana, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Minnesota, parts of Texas Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, N. and S. Dakota. It was valuable because the deal included the city of New Orleans.

Also there was the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico. This was located on the US and Mexican border.

In addition, later in the 19th century (1867) USA purchased what was later to become Alaska and was at the time known as Seward's Folly

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