Treaty of Paris (1803)

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The Treaty of Paris (1803) was the agreement between France and the United States that formalized the massive transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the U.S., known as the Louisiana Purchase.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Louisiana Purchase Treaty 1
Treaty of Paris (1803) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Louisiana Purchase agreement ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase treaty ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Purchase
associatedLeader Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
associatedRuler Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
buyer United States of America ⓘ
category Treaties of France ⓘ
Treaties of the United States ⓘ
Treaties signed in Paris ⓘ
continentAffected North America ⓘ
country1 France ⓘ
country2 United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1803-04-30 ⓘ
field international law ⓘ
follows French acquisition of Louisiana from Spain ⓘ
formerColonialPower France ⓘ
governs transfer of Louisiana Territory sovereignty ⓘ
hasConsequence U.S. acquisition of port of New Orleans ⓘ
increased U.S. control of Mississippi River ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
impact doubled the territorial size of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalEffect cession of Louisiana Territory by France to the United States ⓘ
transfer of territorial sovereignty ⓘ
locationSigned France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
partOf Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
precededBy Third Treaty of San Ildefonso ⓘ
purpose to formalize the sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States ⓘ
to transfer sovereignty over the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States ⓘ
relatedDocument Louisiana Purchase financial conventions of 1803 ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Purchase
relatedEvent Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ
seller France ⓘ
signatory French Republic ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
signedUnderGovernment Consulate of France ⓘ
linked to: French consulates

Jefferson administration ⓘ
subjectMatter land sale ⓘ
territorial cession ⓘ
successorState United States of America ⓘ
yearSigned 1803 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louisiana Purchase → treatyName → Treaty of Paris (1803) ⓘ
Convention of Mortefontaine → replacedBy → Louisiana Purchase Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Paris (1803)