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What was the Louisiana Purchase?

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 2 Monaten

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Imagine walking into a store with ten dollars to buy a bicycle, and
the owner says you can have the bike, the entire store, and the
whole city block for just fifteen dollars! That is exactly what
happened to the United States in 1803 in the greatest real estate
bargain in human history: the Louisiana Purchase! Back then,
America was only 27 years old and stopped right at the Mississippi
River. President Thomas Jefferson was nervous because the powerful
French ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, controlled the river and the
important port city of New Orleans. Jefferson sent diplomats to
Paris with 10 million dollars just to buy the city. But Napoleon,
desperate for cash to fund his wars and defeated by freedom
fighters in Haiti, made a shocking offer. For 15 million dollars,
he would sell the ENTIRE western territory! With one quick
signature, the diplomats bought 828,000 square miles of land,
doubling the size of the United States overnight! It cost roughly
three cents an acre! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover this
massive shopping trip, the crazy bank loans that made it happen,
and the epic journey of explorers Lewis and Clark!