The Louisiana Purchase April 1803, served to double the size of the United States. The purchase consisting of approximately 828,000 Square miles includes land which forms or is a part of no less than 15 present States of the United States.
Thomas Jeffersons purchase of the Louisiana territory nearly if not doubled the size of the United States
This acquisition greatly increased the size of the United States and opened up the Mississippi-Missouri River system for the US forever.
... roughly doubled in size
US would double its size, an enormous tract of land would be open to settlement, and the free navigation of the MS assured
France ,under Napoleon, sold the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Territory.
Doubled the size...
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The Louisiana purchase from France in 1803 doubled the territorial size of the US. Napoleon offered for sale the huge territory called the Louisiana Territory.
It depends. In the beginning the Louisiana Territory belonged to Spain. When America finally got a hold of the Louisiana Territory, it did give us a southern seaport and increased the size of the United States.
it doubled
the purchase doubled the size of the United States
the purchase doubled the size of the United States
... roughly doubled in size
Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States by purchasing the Territory of Louisiana from France.