National Archives The Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the existing United States, provided Easterners with more than enough room to grow, and it quickly became a great ...

Had the United States not made the Louisiana Purchase, Americans would not have had access to the Mississippi River. Not one, but two different Red Rivers were the Southern and Eastern borders of ...

Art: II In the cession made by the preceeding article are included the adjacent Islands belonging to Louisiana all public lots and Squares, vacant lands and all public buildings, fortifications ...

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