1. LOUISIANA PURHCASE
April 30th, 1803

2. Thomas Jefferson was the president of the United States.
In 1803 he felt that the city of New Orleans was important to the United States and wanted to purchase it from France.
Without Constitutional authority, he sent two Americans, Robert Livingston and James Monroe, to ask Napoleon Bonaparte, the ruler of France, to sell the city of New Orleans.

3. Napoleon Bonaparte, in the midst of an expansionist war in Europe decided to sell the whole Louisiana Territory to the United States.
The United Stated purchased the territory in 1803, about 530 million acres – 828,000 square miles.
The United States paid $15 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory, roughly 3 cents per acre.
In today’s dollars (2016) the Louisiana Territory is valued at 1.2 trillion dollars.

4. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
The thirteen states that came out of the purchase are (sometimes called the new 13):
Arkansas North Dakota
Missouri South Dakota
Minnesota Colorado
Louisiana Kansas
Nebraska Wyoming
Montana Oklahoma

5. BOUNDARIES OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
The Louisiana Purchase was bordered by:
Canada to the north
Gulf of Mexico to the south
Rocky Mountains to the west
Mississippi River to the east

6. MAP OF LOUISIANA PURCHASE

7. Results of the Louisiana Purchase
1. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States 2. The Louisiana Purchase opened new land for farming and fur trade. 3. The United States now controlled the Mississippi River – a significant trade route. 4. The United States now owned the major port at New Orleans. 5. Included all or part of the 13 new states 6. The Louisiana Purchase ended the threat of the French Empire in America 7. The Louisiana Purchase was the most significant land deal in U.S. history! 8. The Louisiana Purchase opened the west for American settlement and prompted American expansion across the continent.