The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

simply look at a map and trace the Mississippi River and all of her tributaries. Everything that drained into the Mississippi was part of the Louisiana Purchase. Part of the reason Napoleon sold ...