Map It-Print out a blank map of the United States and indicate the areas that were included in the Louisiana Purchase. Map what states and major cities are included in that territory.

An 1803 map of Louisiana shows the state when it was referred to as the 'Territory of Orleans' within the Louisiana territory. The first 12 parishes were carved within the state in 1805. If you're ...

Map of Louisiana Purchase (Library of Congress) Digital Originals. April 11, 1803: ... France ceded the Louisiana Territory to Spain in the secret Treaty of Fontainbleau.

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark were tasked by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana territory and map a route across the western half of North ...

Fifteen million dollars is the original amount spent by the U.S. to France for The Louisiana Purchase, and by today's standards, the price of the expansive territory is still considered a steal.

The treaty granting Louisiana Territory to the United States, dated April 30, 1803, was signed May 2. It reached Washington on July 14. The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty on Oct. 20.

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory, led troops to British forts near Donaldsonville and in Baton Rouge, clearing the British from the area.

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...