The Louisiana Purchase is considered as Thomas Jefferson's presidential legacy. The US government paid $15 million dollars to France to acquire approximately 827,000 square miles of land.
Thomas Jefferson paid fifteen million dollars to France (run by Napoleon Bonaparte at the time) for the Louisiana territory.
The United States bought the Mississippi River Valley, known as Le Louisiane, from France in 1803, in the Louisiana Purchase.President Thomas Jefferson's representatives (Robert Livingston and James Monroe) signed the treaty on April 30, 1803. On July 4, 1803, Jefferson announced the treaty, and it was ratified by the Senate on October 20. New Orleans was transferred to the US on December 20, 1803, and the remainder of the territory on March 1, 1804 at St. Louis.Although of dubious legality on several points, the Purchase codified American claims in North America, and set the stage for further westward expansion.Lower Louisiana was transferred to US control on Dec 20th, 1803. The remainder (Upper Louisians) was handed over three months later.In 1803 the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France.July 4th, 18051803.
Thomas Jefferson paid Napoleon Bonaparte $15 million for Louisiana.
The Louisiana Territory, which comprised much of the central and midwestern United States, from Louisiana in the south up to the dakotas in the north.
it doubled in size
3 cents back in 1803 would equal 42 cents today
The Louisiana Territory cost 15 million dollars and was sold in 1803 by France to the United States of America.
11,250,000 not including the cancellation of debts .
US paid to Napoleon US $ 11,250,000 plus cancellation of debts worth US $ 3,750,000 for Louisiana Territory.
$15 million or 3,750,00 francs was the price for the Louisiana Territory. The 1803 agreement was known as the Louisiana Purchase, whereby the French gave up their claims to the western Mississippi valley.
Napoleon Bonaparte, as Emperor of France, was at war with England. Louisiana wasn't doing him any good (since the British Royal Navy would cut off any trade with France) and he needed the money to finance the war. The United States bought the Louisiana Territory in 1803, doubling the size of the United States. The money didn't do him much good, as the French Navy was slaughtered by the Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The circumstances under which the Louisiana Territory was purchased was that Thomas Jefferson attempted to avoid war with France over the port of New Orleans by offering to buy New Orleans from France. France responded by asking if the United States wanted to buy all of the Louisiana Territory.
The United States bought the Mississippi River Valley, known as Le Louisiane, from France in 1803, in the Louisiana Purchase.President Thomas Jefferson's representatives (Robert Livingston and James Monroe) signed the treaty on April 30, 1803. On July 4, 1803, Jefferson announced the treaty, and it was ratified by the Senate on October 20. New Orleans was transferred to the US on December 20, 1803, and the remainder of the territory on March 1, 1804 at St. Louis.Although of dubious legality on several points, the Purchase codified American claims in North America, and set the stage for further westward expansion.Lower Louisiana was transferred to US control on Dec 20th, 1803. The remainder (Upper Louisians) was handed over three months later.In 1803 the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France.July 4th, 18051803.
$15 million or 3,750,00 francs was the price for the Louisiana Territory. The 1803 agreement was known as the Louisiana Purchase, whereby the French gave up their claims to the western Mississippi valley.
No. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Spain once owned Louisiana as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. But, the French got it back with a secret treaty in 1800. Presient Jefferson used the Louisiana Purchase as a result, gaining much land.
The us purchased the louisiana territory from Napoleon Bonaparte. It cost about 15 million dollars.
The French, more specifically Tallyrand upon approval of Napoleon. It was settled for a sum of 15 million dollars.
It was Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery which began in 1804. With the Louisiana Purchase completed in 1803, the French had ceded their territory to the U.S. The British claimed much of what later became the Oregon Territory, although there were also French and American trappers in the area. Spain still claimed much of the area southwest of the Louisiana Territory, but the expedition did not travel that far south. So I suspect it was British territory that Lewis & Clark ventured in to.pike 1806-1807