Louisiana Purchase

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The Louisiana Purchase was an 1803 land deal in which the United States bought a vast territory from France, doubling the nation's size and securing control of the Mississippi River region.

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Generate an image of the Louisiana Purchase (The Louisiana Purchase was an 1803 land deal in which the United States bought a vast territory from France, doubling the nation's size and securing control of the Mississippi River region.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
land deal ⓘ
territorial acquisition ⓘ
area 2140000 square kilometers ⓘ
828000 square miles ⓘ
buyer United States ⓘ
capitalCityAffected Washington, D.C. ⓘ
controversy constitutional authority for land acquisition ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1803-04-30 ⓘ
effect accelerated westward expansion ⓘ
doubled the size of the United States ⓘ
reduced French presence in North America ⓘ
secured control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
secured port of New Orleans ⓘ
followedBy Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
establishment of District of Louisiana ⓘ
establishment of Territory of Orleans ⓘ
includesRegion Arkansas ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Louisiana Territory ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana

Mississippi River valley ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
parts of Minnesota ⓘ
parts of Montana ⓘ
parts of New Mexico ⓘ
parts of North Dakota ⓘ
parts of South Dakota ⓘ
parts of Texas ⓘ
parts of Wyoming ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis treaty power of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
location North America ⓘ
monetaryValue 15000000 US dollars ⓘ
partOf expansion of the United States ⓘ
paymentForm cash and assumption of French debts ⓘ
precededBy French acquisition of Louisiana from Spain ⓘ
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso ⓘ
ratificationDate 1803-10-20 ⓘ
ratifiedBy United States Senate ⓘ
relatedEvent Haitian Revolution ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
seller France ⓘ
significantFigure James Monroe ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Robert R. Livingston ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
treatyName Treaty of Paris (1803) ⓘ
year 1803 ⓘ

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Thomas Jefferson → knownFor → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States → partOf → Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Purchase
New Orleans → purchasedByUnitedStatesIn → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
French Consulate → significantEvent → Louisiana Purchase (1803) ⓘ
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Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Robert R. Livingston → significantProject → Louisiana Purchase treaty ⓘ
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Missouri → isPartOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Louisiana → partOf → Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
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United States territorial expansion → hasPart → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Wild West → hasCause → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Missouri Compromise → geographicScope → Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
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Meriwether Lewis → exploredRegion → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → precedes → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → pavedWayFor → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → relatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → majorEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Zebulon Pike → explored → Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
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Missouri River → associatedWith → Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
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1904 World's Fair → commemorates → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1803) → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Purchase treaty ⓘ
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Treaty of Paris (1803) → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Purchase agreement ⓘ
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Treaty of Paris (1803) → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1803) → relatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1803) → relatedDocument → Louisiana Purchase financial conventions of 1803 ⓘ
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Lewis and Clark Expedition → exploredRegion → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Lewis and Clark Expedition → relatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Treaty of Mortefontaine → precedes → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Missouri Territory → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Milk River → historicalRegion → Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
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Creole of color → affectedByEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Spanish Louisiana → treaty → Louisiana Purchase (1803) ⓘ
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Kansas Territory → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Aaron Burr treason trial → relatedTo → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Nebraska Territory → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Territory of Orleans → locatedIn → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Territory of Orleans → predecessor → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Louisiana Territory → significantEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Louisiana Territory → treaty → Louisiana Purchase Treaty ⓘ
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Missouri → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
subject linked to: United States state of Missouri
Fort Osage National Historic Landmark → associatedWith → Louisiana Purchase frontier ⓘ
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Fort Osage → follows → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
William Gaxton → notableWork → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Palace of Fine Arts (St. Louis) → themeOfExposition → Louisiana Purchase centennial ⓘ
subject linked to: Palace of Fine Arts
linked to: Louisiana Purchase
Camp Dubois → timePeriod → Louisiana Purchase era ⓘ
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