Louisiana Purchase
About Louisiana Purchase
Why was the Louisiana Purchase Important?
The Louisiana Purchase is important because:
It doubled the size of the United States.
We can travel on the 2 major rivers in the United States: Mississippi and Missouri river.
It started the 13 colonies/states.
Other Cool Facts
Lewis and Clark were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore/find out about everything in the Louisiana Purchase that they didn't know.
James Monroe and Robert Livingston were sent to get some part of Florida and Port Orleans from Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte gave all that they owned to them only for $15 million.