The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, significantly strengthened it militarily and strategically, spurred the country’s westward expansion, and established the federal Constitution’s doctrine of implied powers.
Prior to 1803 there had been considerable Old-World interest in the Louisiana Territory. France had gained authority over the river and ownership of the majority of the Mississippi valley thanks to explorations and sporadic colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The greatest land deal in American history was the Louisiana Purchase, when the United States acquired the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France in 1803 for less than three cents per acre, or 828,000 square miles (2,144,520 square kilometers).
The acquisition increased the United States’ size by twofold.
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