Louisiana Purchase (1803)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Louisiana_Purchase_(1803)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Louisiana_Territory_Purchase gptkb:Purchase_of_Louisiana
gptkbp:area	828,000 square miles
gptkbp:category	gptkb:History_of_the_United_States 19th-century treaties Expansion of the United States
gptkbp:cause	France needed money for war with Britain United States wanted control of New Orleans and Mississippi River
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:US_dollars French francs
gptkbp:date	1803
gptkbp:effect	doubled the size of the United States
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Louisiana Purchase (1803)
gptkbp:includedPresentDay	gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:Colorado gptkb:Iowa gptkb:Kansas gptkb:Louisiana gptkb:Minnesota gptkb:Missouri gptkb:Montana gptkb:Nebraska gptkb:New_Mexico gptkb:North_Dakota gptkb:Oklahoma gptkb:South_Dakota gptkb:Wyoming part of Texas
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:France gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:negotiatedBy	gptkb:James_Monroe gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston
gptkbp:precededBy	French ownership of Louisiana Territory
gptkbp:priceRange	15 million US dollars
gptkbp:ratifiedBy	gptkb:United_States_Senate October 20, 1803
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Adams-Onís_Treaty gptkb:Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition gptkb:Missouri_Compromise gptkb:Corps_of_Discovery
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:transferredTo	December 20, 1803
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1803)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana,_USA gptkb:ניו_אורלינס
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5