WESTWARD EXPANSION TIMELINE By demontrenee9888 Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Dec 31, 1850 WESTWARD EXPANSION Apr 30, 1803 LOUISIANA PURCHASE The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.