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.
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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.
The Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson was president, when the amount of land in the US almost doubled in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803.
The Louisiana 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.
On the grounds that the president was not specifically given the power to purchase new lands is why the strict constructionists of the US constitution would have questioned the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. The purchase doubled the US land size at the time.
Napoleon sold President Jefferson the land sold in the Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 bought the territory from France. The purchase was approved by President Thomas Jefferson, and added over 800,000 square miles of land to the existing US.
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The 1803 deal made by Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon of France. The deal was called the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson oversaw the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and thereby doubled the size of the US.
Thomas Jefferson bought it from the French.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 bought the territory from France. The purchase was approved by President Thomas Jefferson, and added over 800,000 square miles of land to the existing US.