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The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the US people.

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Louisiana Purchase

1803 acquisition of region of Middle America land by the U.S. from France

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. In return for fifteen million dollars, or…
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