Nov 16, 2009

Salem on History | Louisiana Purchase

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Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
Categories: Government and Politics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Geography
Subcategories: Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Frontier, Pioneers
Curriculum: 19th Century European History, French History, American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
Geographical Location: Paris, Washington, D.C.
Date: May 9, 1803

Article abstract: The United States doubles its size and secures new western borders.

Summary of Event

The first Europeans to explore Louisiana were the Spanish in the sixteenth century, but they failed to occupy the area effectively. In 1682, the French explorer René Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, claimed the region for France and named it in honor of King Louis XIV. Louisiana remained French territory until near the end of the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) in 1763, when France ceded it to Spain in return for its help in the war...

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Salem on History | Louisiana Purchase

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Summary of Event

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