The approximate size of the United States was nearly doubled in referance to land mass with the aquisition of the Louisiana Purchase and its territories from France in 1803. The purchase contained around 828,800 Sq. Miles of area. The plot was purchased for around $11,250,000 USD not including debts owed to France that were voided at about $3,750,000 USD for a total of around 15 million dollars equating to around $219 Million in USD for 2010. The Louisiana Purchase streched across a vast blanket of climates and environments from southern Louisiana to Minnisota, North Dakota and Montana, also containing a slight portion of southern Canada. The land plot bordered the Mississippi River on the east and went as far west as Idaho in the northern parts and middle New Mexico in the southern parts. These states are present day landmarks as the land was virtually uncolonized and its only inhabitants were Native American tribes in the 1800's. Today the tract of land encompasses around 23% of The United States total land mass.
Thomas Jefferson was the US President in 1803 when he negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, for a total cost of about $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of The United States.
The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase, in 1803. Bought by then-president Thomas Jefferson for $15 miliion from France. What a deal !
Thomas Jefferson was the President of the United States in 1803.Thomas Jefferson (born April 13, 1743 in Shadswell, Virginia; died July 4, 1826 in Charlottesville, Virginia) succeeded John Adams as the third President of the United States, serving between March 4, 1801 and March 4, 1809, including the whole of the year 1803.
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure by which the President and Vice President are elected. It replaced Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3, which provided the original procedure by which the Electoral College functioned. Problems with this procedure were demonstrated in the elections of 1796 and 1800. The Twelfth Amendment was proposed by the Congress on December 9, 1803 and was ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures on June 15, 1804
Thomas Jefferson
This was the Louisiana Purchase that happened in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States, as President Thomas Jefferson acquired a vast territory from France extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
The United States was small in land when it was first formed. However, that all changed in 1803 when the Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the country in size.
Thomas Jefferson was the US President in 1803 when he negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, for a total cost of about $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of The United States.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803
In 1803, he was the president of the United States and he authorized the purchase.
The United States was a young nation in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson had the opportunity to purchase the Louisiana territory from France. This was a vast amount of territory. Thus the Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the size of the US.
Yes, the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France more than doubled the size of the territorial area of the United States.
Purchase of land has consistently increased the size of the United States. In particular, the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 doubled the total territory of the United States.
Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 it increased the size of the United States by approx. 800,000 sq.mi. (1,200,000sq.km) Penn Foster-pg 123. Last paragraph. Question 23, Exam-lesson 2