Louisiana Purchase

The U.S., under Jefferson, bought the Louisiana territory from France, under the rule of Napoleon, in 1803. The U.S. paid $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase, and Napoleon gave up his empire in North America. The U.S. gained control of Mississippi trade route and doubled its size.

Year of 1803, the Louisiana Purchase.

Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.

Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV.

Contained what now equates to portions of 15 states in the US and 2 Canadian provinces.

Their financial situation was in a wreck and Napoleon needed money for France.

U.S. made a down payment of 3 million dollars for Louisiana Purchase.

The Louisiana Purchase was finalized April 30, 1803.

Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. This was the biggest bargain in history averaging 3 cents per acre

The Treaty of 1818 put the northern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase at the 49th parallel and provided for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon Territory with Britain, without a surrender of rights and claims by neither Britain nor America.