The Louisiana Purchase was acquiring, by the United States of America, 828,800 square miles of land. The United States paid $11,250,000.
The purchace contained, Arkansa, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, most of South Dakota and North Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Louisiana. It also contained just a little bit of Alberta and Saskatchewan Canada! Wow! That doubled the size of the U.S back then! Thomas Jefferson made the purchase because he was nervous about France and Spain having the power to block American trade to the port of New Orleans. Thomas Jefferson also allowed slavery in the purchased area.
Napoleon Bonaparte stated, "This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride."
Louisiana Purchase State Park, in Arkansas, is the point from which the land aquired in the Luisiana Purchase was surveyed. There is also a musical called the Louisiana Purchase,but from what i read it has nothing to do with the real Lauisiana Purchase. The Louisiana quarter has a picture of the Louisiana Purchase on it.
I feel that the Louisiana Purchase was a great step for westward expansion. Plus if we never ventured westward we probably wouldnt be living where we do today.
My source was Wikipedia
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