How the Louisiana Purchase Worked
President Jefferson sent a couple of his representatives over to France to buy the city of New Orleans. What he got was the Louisiana Purchase, a patch of land that nearly doubled the size of the young nation.
These were all issues that Jefferson and the rest of the country had to deal with when they paid $15 million for the land. But for all the problems, the Louisiana Purchase is remembered… » Full Story on HowStuffWorks
These were all issues that Jefferson and the rest of the country had to deal with when they paid $15 million for the land. But for all the problems, the Louisiana Purchase is remembered… » Full Story on HowStuffWorks
