Leading up to the Louisiana Purchase History Report
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In 1803, the United States was able to expand its territory by 100 percent of its size at that time, adding approximately 828,000 square miles to its western edge for the low price of $15 million (Patrick, 2003). The relatively new country brokered the deal with France, paying approximately 3 cents per acre to acquire the land that would eventually become Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.