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jan 5, 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase

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Napolean sold the land for more money in the war. The land was 827,000 square miles and gave lots of farmland for farmers. Jefferson didn't know if it was allowed to buy land in the constitution, but the senate said he could and he bought it. Jefferson believed it would help America

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jan 5, 1803
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~ 222 years ago