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jan 1, 1803 - Louisiana Purchase

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This was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the United States gained about 827,000 square miles of land. This was huge for the colonists because they gained lots of territory and the majority of the land west of the Mississippi River.

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jan 1, 1803
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~ 223 years ago