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The Louisiana Purchase After the French and Indian war in 1762, France pawns Louisiana off on its ally Spain
as a token of gratitude by King Louis XV On Saturday April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed by Robert
Livingston, James Monroe on behalf of President Thomas Jefferson, and Barbé Marbois in Paris
The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars for the Louisiana territory ($219 million in 2010 dollars). Acquiring the 828,800 square miles territory would double the size of the United States at a sum of less than 3 cents per acre
Encompassed all or part of 15 current U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans
One of Thomas Jefferson’s Greatest Achievement
April 30, 1803
Then … Now A Tremendous Accident Worthless Empty Place Remains Largely Uncharted Populated By Native America Swampy Land Filled With
Savages No Man’s Land Population: 92,345 people Worth $15 Million
40% of the U.S. Today Made U.S. a
Transcontinental Nation and A World Power
Most Valuable Piece of Land
Worth $15=$219 Million
Jefferson vs. Napoleon
Not Impulsive Passive Cautious Averse to War
Extremely Impulsive Active Powerful Authority Powerful Confidence Ultimate Soldier
Source
Film – The Louisiana Purchase