1803 AD
Louisiana Purchase
The United States buys a vast territory from France, doubling its size.
- Time period
- 1803 AD
- Region
- United States / France
- Theme
- Politics
- Civilization
- United States
In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleonic France for about 15 million dollars. The deal roughly doubled the nation's size. It opened the continent's interior to westward expansion.