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- Date = 1803
- President = Thomas Jefferson
- Other Nations Involved = France
- Event Description = The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. The U.S. paid $11,250,000 plus cancellation of debts worth $3,750,000, for a total sum of 15 million dollars. President Jefferson made the purchase from French Dictator Napoleon Bonaparte. Jefferson wanted this territory because......
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