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Expansion of the Nation Summary
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Expansion of the Nation In the mid-1790s, the eastern boundary of the vast region then known as Louisiana ran along the Mississippi River from the settlement and port of New Orleans in the South to what is now the border of Canada. Louisiana's...
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Louisiana Purchase Excerpt from "The Cession of Louisiana" Signed on April 30, 1803 Published in Documents of American History, edited by Henry S. Commager, 1943 In January 1803, Congress authorized $2 million for an attempt to buy New...
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Louisiana Purchase Information
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The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 km²) of French territory in 1803. The cost was 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 20 million francs ($3,750,000)....


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Today is Monday, March 26, the 85th day of 2007. There are 280 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.On this...
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Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.On this...
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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2006. There are 11 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States during ceremonies...
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Today is Saturday, Oct. 20 , the 293rd day of 2007. There are 72 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 20, 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after he had...
 


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The Louisiana Purchase
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The Louisiana Purchase, stretching nearly 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River, has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history. On April 30, 1803, the United States paid France $ 15 million for the Louisiana Territory. The land acquired stretches from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Border. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States from which thirteen states were carved. This purchase made the


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