LOUISIANA PURHCASE

• Thomas Jefferson was the president of the United States.

• In 1803 he felt that the city of New Orleans was important to the United States and wanted to purchase it from France.

• He sent two Americans, Robert Livingston and James Monroe, to ask Napoleon Bonaparte, the ruler of France, to sale the22 city of New Orleans.

• Napoleon Bonaparte decided to sale the whole Louisiana Territory to the United States.

• The United Stated purchased the territory in 1803.

• The United States paid $ 15 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory.

• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

• The thirteen states that came out of the purchase are:Arkansas North DakotaMissouri South DakotaMinnesota ColoradoLouisiana KansasNebraska WyomingMontana Oklahoma

BOUNDARIES OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• The Louisiana Purchase was bordered by:

• Canada to the north

• Gulf of Mexico to the south

• Rocky Mountains to the west

• Mississippi River to the east

MAP OF LOUISIANA PURCHASE

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