30th April 1803: America doubles in size having concluded the Louisiana Purchase

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30th April 2021

30th April 1803: America doubles in size having concluded the Louisiana Purchase

France agreed to sell 828,000 square miles of territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and which doubled the size of the United States.

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30th April 1803: America doubles in size having concluded the Louisiana Purchase

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