apr 30, 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase
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(Term 4) For 15 million dollars, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of North American land from the French First Republic.1. Allowed the United States to continue growing and spreading westward so that its influence could spread as well
2. Showed that the United States with its new constitution of form of government could get things done and progress effectively
3. The new land was hugely beneficial to the United States, providing useful materials and resources
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Date:
apr 30, 1803
Now
~ 222 years ago