Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase Vente de la Louisiane
expansion o Unitit States
← 1803–1804 →   →
The modren Unitit States, wi Louisiana Purchase overlay
History
-	Established	Julie 4 1803
-	Disestablished	October 1 1804
The day pairt o		Unitit States Canada

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale o Louisiana") wis the acquiseetion o the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles = 2.14 million km²) bi the Unitit States frae Fraunce in 1803. The U.S. paid fifty million francs ($11,250,000 USD) an a cancellation o debts worth aichteen million francs ($3,750,000 USD) for a tot o saxty-aicht million francs ($15,000,000 USD, or aroond a quarter o a billion in 2016 dollars). The Louisiana territory includit laund frae fifteen present U.S. states an twa Canadian provinces.