2006-12-13 16:07:58 · 10 answers · asked by xinnybuxlrie 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A huge chunk of land in the (present-day) mid-west United States. Bought from France in 1802 or 1803 I believe (not 100% certain on those dates) by Thomas Jefferson, our third President. The Louisiana Purchase covered the expanse of (present day) Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Wyoming. Not the entirety of all those states but a part of them.
2006-12-14 03:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rick R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By putting an Embargo on in the US President Thomas Jefferson had France in a choke hold, and soon put through Congress the bill that included France in our United States territorial system.
Go to www.history.com look up Thomas Jefferson or Louisiana Purchase. You will enjoy the audio/visual as well.
2006-12-13 17:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana from Napoleon Bonaparte for 6 million US dollars witch is ruffly translated to 11 cents an acre at the time Louisiana stretch from the bottom of Texas to the top of Montana Louise and Clark where Commissioned to explore it. Louise met Sacajawea and had a baby and Clark went back to Washington DC thats about all i know about it
2006-12-13 18:14:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sale of the state of Louisiana by the Emperor Napoleaon Bonaparte to finance his ongoing war with England.
It was sold to the Americans who had recently beaten England as well.
2006-12-13 17:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson purchasing land from Napoleon that doubled the size of America.
2006-12-13 16:12:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
American bought Louisiana from Napoleon
2006-12-14 00:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Lai Yu Zeng 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was when the U.S. bought the French territory from Napolean in 1803 for $15 million.
2006-12-14 05:37:42 · answer #7 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
France was going broke, so they sold what is now the southeastern portion of the U.S. to Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. government.
2006-12-13 18:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by neilgant18 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with charlie... there is ton of information on the web. another thing that you might want to look at is manifest destiny (the idea that it is god's plan that americans inhabit all land from sea to shining sea) combined with the louisiana purchase.
good luck
2006-12-13 16:32:33 · answer #9 · answered by satinemagic 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is a TON of info on this on the web...just do a web search...I have listed one source belo, but there are many others also.
2006-12-13 16:16:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋