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The Louisiana Territory had been a land purchase transaction by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory "Louisiane" in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of $15,000,000 for the Louisiana Territory.
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Who was the Louisiana Territory purchased from?
France ,under Napoleon, sold the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million in 1803.
What is the name of the Louisiana Territory today?
The state of Louisiana was once part of the Louisiana Territory. Other states that were once part of the Louisiana Territory are Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Montana are the other states that were once part of the Louisiana Territory.
One result of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803) was that the US?
... roughly doubled in size
One territory that the US gained by purchase?
Louisiana Purchase (1803), Florida (1819- US assumed $5 million in claims against Spain in exchange for Florida), Mexican cession (1848- purchased under duress after winning the Mexican War.), Gadsden Purchase (1854), Alaska (1865) and Virgin Islands (1917).
Who bought the Louisiana territory for 15 million?
Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory.
