The United States paid $15 million dollars for a 827,000 sq. mi of land of land in the western part of the Mississippi River. The deal was between the US and France which was called the Louisiana Purchase.
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The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase refers to America buying Louisiana from France. This happened in 1803, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
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.
There are two very important people that played a significant role in the Louisiana Purchase. These people are James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson.