NOUN
- territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
How To Use Louisiana Purchase In A Sentence
- Before the treaty the American West consisted of the old Louisiana Purchase lands that rose in ladderlike fashion from the mouth of the Mississippi, climbed the courses of the Missouri, and touched the rocky, fog-shrouded shores of the Northwest. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
- Alabama was first explored by the Spanish, and the southern section was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803).
- Alabama was first explored by the Spanish, and the southern section was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803).
- In 1803 Jefferson appointed Lewis commander of an expedition to explore the American territory newly acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.
- In 1803 Jefferson appointed Lewis commander of an expedition to explore the American territory newly acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.
- Founded in 1718, it became the capital of a French colony in 1722 and passed to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
- Once in office, Jefferson extended slavery with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; the new land was carved into 13 states, including three slave states.
- It was invented at the world's fair there, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, supposedly when a vendor of ice cream ran out of cups and had edible ones made by a pastry shop next door.
- Alabama was first explored by the Spanish, and the southern section was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803).
- Historians consider the Louisiana Purchase to be a landmark event or turning point in American history.