Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase describes the United States acquisition of more than 529,911,680 acres (2,144,476 km2) of territory from France in 1803 for about $3/sq. mile or $11,250,000 (which, if adjusted for inflation, would equal approximately $193 million in 2005).

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United States - France - 1803

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The French territory of Louisiana included far more land than just the current U.S. State of Louisiana; the lands purchased contained parts or all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, northern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Rocky Mountains, the portions of southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta that drain into the Missouri River, and Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi River including the city of New Orleans. The land included in the Purchase comprises over one-quarter of the territory of the modern continental United States.

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French territory of Louisiana - Louisiana - Arkansas - Missouri - Iowa - Minnesota - Mississippi River - North Dakota - South Dakota - Nebraska - New Mexico - Texas - Oklahoma - Kansas - Montana - Wyoming - Colorado - Rocky Mountains - Manitoba - Saskatchewan - Alberta - Missouri River - New Orleans - Continental United States

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