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Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)Map of Louisiana Purchase and The Expedition

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"France offered to sell not just New Orleans but all of Louisiana Province. The American negotiators agreed on a price of $15 million, or about 4 cents an acre. In a single stroke, Jefferson doubled the size of the country."
This excerpt is important because it talks about how much they payed for the Louisiana Purchase and how much more land it gave to America. It relates to our topic because our topic is the Louisiana Purchase and this article is about the cost of the Louisiana Purchase.

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- In 1800 napoleon persuaded spain to give france the louisiana territory back.
-this land was in spain's control in 1762 when frances gave it to them at that time.
-In 1803 napoleon abandoned his ideas of the american empire and offered to sell the louisiana purchase to the US. this purchase doubled the size of US territory for $15 million
-meriwether lewis & william clark led an organized group that explored this territory in 1804. they discovered that transcontinental travel was possible to the west

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Major Contributors:
- President Thomas Jefferson
- Napoleon I of France
- Robert Livingston
- James Monroe
- Lewis and Clark
Impact on Native Americans:
It gave America twice the size of land than it had before and which made the Indians move west. This gave Indians less land and resources to use to survive.