Crandall's note in regard to Land Commissioner Hermann's "Louisiana ... not a correct map of the purchase had been published by the department or by any department of the United States Government ...

How can countries obtain more territories? INTRODUCTION: Have students view a map of the United States prior to the Louisiana Purchase in a textbook or online. One can be found here. Have the ...

Today, the series continues with the publication of the first state map, which divided Louisiana ... is hardly straightforward. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the territorial legislative ...

In 1803, the United States nearly doubled in size when it bought the Louisiana Territory in a deal that shaped history. American diplomats Robert Livingston and James Monroe purchased the ...

On this day in 1803, Robert Livingston, the U.S. minister to France, and James Monroe signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris, doubling the size of the United States and paving the way for ...

On this day in 1803, the Senate ratified a treaty with France that doubled the size of the United States and paved the way for its westward expansion. The vote was 24-7. The Louisiana Purchase ...

Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park is at the intersection of Lee, Monroe and Phillips counties — 22 miles south of Brinkley off U.S. 49. "The park protects 37.5 acres of headwater swamp that ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

1. In 1803, the U.S. bought about 828,000 square miles of land from France in the Louisiana Purchase. The territory eventually formed 15 states, the first of which was Louisiana. 2. By 1840 ...