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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.
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Who was the American president that bought the Louisiana territory?
Thomas Jefferson
What president commissioned the Lewis and Clarke expedition?
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition, not long after he bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon.
George Washington did he expand our country?
No. The first president to expand the country was Thomas Jefferson, when he bought the Louisiana Purchase.
Who doubled the size of the country?
The Louisiana Purchase, in 1803. Bought by then-president Thomas Jefferson for $15 miliion from France. What a deal !
What country previously owned the land involved in the Louisana purchase?
Before President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from the French, the ownership of that land moved around. First it was owned by France. Then, it became Spain's. Penultimately, it was the French, then the US.
